Directory of Ndebele Resources
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Also called Matabele, Ndebele is a Bantu language that is considered by some to be a dialect of Zulu, and by others to be an independent language. It is spoken in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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Ndebele and Zulu: Some Phonetic and Tonal Comparisons
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol8n2/juz008002002.pdf
An article, by a member of the School of Oriental and African Studies, analyzing similarities and differences in the phonology of Ndebele and Zulu. -
Ndebele Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndebele_language
Wikipedia article describing the differences between several dialects of Ndebele, focusing primarily on South African dialects. -
Sociolinguistic Aspects of Southern Ndebele
http://uzspace.uzulu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10530/433/Some%20Sociolinguistic%20aspects%20of%20Southern%20Ndebele.%20Z.J.%20Mashiyane.pdf?sequence=1
An MA thesis describing the characteristics and sociolinguistic aspects of Southern Ndebele, a Bantu language of South Africa, and its relationship to Northern Ndebele (spoken in Zimbabwe). -
The Ndebele spelling system: a missing link between phonology and orthography
http://www.als.asn.au/proceedings/als2005/ndhlovu-ndebele.pdf
An article highlighting the discrepancies between the spoken and written forms of Ndebele words, suggesting possible spelling reforms. -
The Standardization of Ndebele
http://www.edd.uio.no/allex/ibooks/Hadebe/Hadebe.pdf
A doctoral thesis providing a historical background of the Ndebele people as well as an outline of their language, discussing possible means for its standardization.
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