Sena language

E1024425

The Sena language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Mozambique, with several regional varieties used by different Sena communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sena language canonical 4

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
basicWordOrder SVO
continent Africa
countryStatusInMozambique recognized language GENERATED
ethnicGroup Sena people NERFINISHED
family Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Glottocode sena1264
GlottologName Sena (Mozambique) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Cisena NERFINISHED
Kisena NERFINISHED
hasDialect Barwe
Cisena NERFINISHED
Kisena NERFINISHED
Podzo NERFINISHED
Rue
Shona-Sena NERFINISHED
hasRegionalVarieties yes GENERATED
ISO639-3 seh
languageCodeISO639-1 (none)
lexicalSimilarityWith Chewa language NERFINISHED
Nyanja language NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Ndau language NERFINISHED
Nyanja language NERFINISHED
Portuguese language NERFINISHED
Shona language NERFINISHED
primaryRegion central Mozambique
region southern Africa
spokenIn Malawi NERFINISHED
Mozambique NERFINISHED
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages NERFINISHED
Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Nyasa Bantu languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
usedBy Sena communities
usedInDomain local trade
oral communication
traditional culture
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sena of Caia subdivisionOf Sena language
Sena of Tete subdivisionOf Sena language
Sena of Tete hasLanguageAncestor Sena language