Sena–Nyanja
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Sena–Nyanja is a subgroup of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Mozambique, Malawi, and neighboring regions of southeastern Africa.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language subgroup
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Shona language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | lower Zambezi basin and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sena1269 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Sena–Nyanja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chichewa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chinyanja language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinga language (Mozambique)? NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunda language ⓘ Mang’anja language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nsenga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyungwe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Phimbi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Podzo language ⓘ Sena language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonga language (Malawi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isoScope | covers several distinct but closely related Bantu languages ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantoid ⓘ Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Zone N (Guthrie classification) ⓘ |
| nameRefersTo | cluster of Sena and Nyanja varieties ⓘ |
| partOf |
Narrow Bantu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ |
| region |
Lake Malawi region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lower Zambezi valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Africa ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
lingua franca in parts of Malawi
ⓘ
lingua franca in parts of Mozambique ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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