Language NameVenda
User Population91,400 in Zimbabwe (2012).
LocationMatabeleland South province: Beitbridge, Bulilimamangwe, and Gwanda districts; Midlands province: Mberengwa district.
Alternate NamesCevenda, Chivenda, Luvenḓa, Tshivenḓa
DialectsPhani, Tavhatsindi.
Language UseOffered at the university level in a Bachelors degree program (2017 I. Mumpande). All also use Ndebele [nde] (Hachipola 1998).