Zone N (Guthrie classification)
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Zone N in the Guthrie classification is a group of closely related Bantu languages, known as the Sena–Nyanja languages, spoken primarily in parts of southeastern Africa.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language group
ⓘ
Guthrie Bantu zone ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sena–Nyanja languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationCriterion |
partly linguistic
ⓘ
primarily geographic ⓘ |
| codeRange | N10–N40 ⓘ |
| containsSubgroup |
N10 group
ⓘ
N20 group NERFINISHED ⓘ N30 group ⓘ N40 group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Malawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Tanzania ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chichewa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chinyanja language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunda language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mang’anja language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nsenga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyungwe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Phimbi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sena language NERFINISHED ⓘ Senga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonga (Malawi) language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tumbuka–Sena transitional varieties ⓘ |
| includesDialectCluster |
Nyanja dialect cluster
GENERATED
ⓘ
Sena dialect cluster GENERATED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature | closely related Bantu languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southeastern Africa ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sena and Nyanja languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Guthrie classification of Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Malcolm Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subBranch | Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfProposal | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| usedIn |
African language classification
ⓘ
comparative Bantu linguistics ⓘ |
| writingSystemsUsed | Latin script ⓘ |
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