The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: VEN
ISO 639-2: ven
| Population | 666,000 in South Africa (1995), 1.7% of the population (1995 The Economist). Population total both countries 750,000. |
| Region | Transvaal, north. Also spoken in Zimbabwe. |
| Alternate names | CHIVENDA |
| Dialects | PHANI, TAVHA-TSINDI. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Venda (S.20). |
| Comments | The Lembaa are a Venda-speaking Jewish people claiming Falasha descent. National language. Literacy rate in second language: Fairly low. Traditional religion, Christian, Jewish (Lembaa). Bible 1936, in press (1997). |
| Zimbabwe |
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