Southern Ndebele also known as South ndebele or Transvaal ndebele is a language spoken in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and the Northwest provinces of South africa by the Nbebele people.
Southern Ndebele language has approximately 1,500,000 native speakers.
Southern Ndebele is an official language in South Africa.
It should not be confused with Northern Ndebele
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