Nkoya

E1002263

Nkoya is a Bantu language spoken primarily in western Zambia by the Nkoya people.

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Nkoya canonical 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
belongsTo Zambezian Bantu languages NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Zambia
ethnicGroup Nkoya people NERFINISHED
glottologCode nkoy1238
glottologName Nkoya NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lukolwe NERFINISHED
Mbowela NERFINISHED
Mbwela NERFINISHED
Nkoya-Mbowela NERFINISHED
Shinkoya NERFINISHED
hasDialects Lukolwe dialect
Mbowela dialect
Shinkoya dialect NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO-dominant
ISO639-3Code nka
languageFamily Bantu NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
macroArea Africa NERFINISHED
nativeSpeakers Nkoya people NERFINISHED
region Central Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
Southern Zambia NERFINISHED
Western Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenIn Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Western Zambia NERFINISHED
subFamily Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED
usedBy Nkoya ethnic group NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication
music and songs
oral literature
usedIn traditional ceremonies of the Nkoya people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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