Sumayela Ndebele language

{{Short description|Bantu language of South Africa}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Sumayela sNdebele

|altname= SiNdebele sa seNyakatho

|nativename= Northern Transvaal Ndebele

|states=South Africa

|speakers=

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Southern Bantu

|fam7=Nguni

|fam8=Tekela

|iso3=none

|guthrie=S.408

| glotto = sout2808

}}

Sumayela Ndebele, Northern Transvaal Ndebele or siNdebele is a Bantu language of South Africa. It is spoken northeast of Southern Ndebele.{{Cite thesis |last=Skhosana |first=Philemon Buti |title=The Linguistic Relationship between Southern and Northern Ndebele |date=2009 |degree=DLitt |publisher=University of Pretoria |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28563/Complete.pdf?sequence=8 |hdl=2263/28563 |hdl-access=free}}{{Cite web |date=2017-06-09 |title=SiNdebele saseNyakatho |url=http://www.northernndebele.com/ |access-date=2019-09-30 |publisher=Northern Ndebele}}{{Cite web |title=South African Languages | Northern Ndebele |url=http://www.salanguages.com/northernndebele/index.htm |access-date=2019-09-30 |publisher=Salanguages.com}} The language is more prevalent in the former Northern Transvaal (Polokwane mokopane). As a people the transvaal ndebele are an offshoot of Southern Ndebele, whom further got divided into 3 kingdoms recognised by the traditional leaders council: ndebele of Mgombhane Kekana, [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Zc5BAAAAYAAJ&q=Mogemi&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3 Langa Mapela] , Lbelo Kgomotshwane, Ledwaba and Mashashane.