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Hlubi language

IsiHlubi is a 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.

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Hlubi
Isihlubi
Native toSouth Africa
EthnicityHlubi people
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
S.4032

IsiHlubi is a Bantu language of South Africa, traditionally considered a dialect of Swazi.3 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.2

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  1. "Isizwe SamaHlubi: Submission to the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims: Draft 1" (PDF). July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Swati at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon