Yao

E136467

Yao is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania by the Yao people.

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Label Occurrences
Yao canonical 5

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Bantu language
language
continent Africa
country Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
ethnicGroupAssociated Yao people
glottocode yaoo1241
guthrieClassification P.21
hasAlternativeName Achawa
Adsoa
Ajawa
Ayawa
ChiYao
Ciyao
Djao
Hyao
Veiao
Wayao
Yao language
hasDialects Malawi Yao
Malawi Yao
surface form: Mozambique Yao

Malawi Yao
surface form: Tanzania Yao
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
iso639-3Code yao
languageBranch Southern Bantu
languageFamily Bantu
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
neighboringLanguages Chichewa
surface form: Chewa

Makhuwa
Ngoni
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
region southeastern Africa
surface form: Southeastern Africa
spokenBy Yao people
spokenIn Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
subclassOf Bantu language
Niger–Congo language
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
religious practice
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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