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Hlubi language

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Native to
  
South Africa

Glottolog
  
hlub1241

Ethnicity
  
Hlubi people

Guthrie code
  
S.403

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Nguni Tekela Hlubi

Hlubi is a minor Bantu language of South Africa, traditionally considered a dialect of Swazi. It is spoken in South Africa, near where the Xhosa, Sotho, and Phuthi languages meet at the Orange River and the southern point of Lesotho. The scattered Hlubi people speak several languages, including Swazi. and the Hlubi dialect of Xhosa in the former Bantustan of Ciskei.

References

Hlubi language Wikipedia