Tonga languages (southern Africa)

E136469
Bantu language group Southern Bantu language group

Tonga languages (southern Africa) are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Zambia, Zimbabwe, and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tonga language (Malawi) 2
Tonga group (southern Africa) 1
Tonga language (Bantu) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
Southern Bantu language group ⓘ
areCloselyRelatedTo Ila language ⓘ
Lenje language ⓘ
Tsonga language ⓘ
surface form: Lozi language

Soli language ⓘ
Subiya language ⓘ
Totela language ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleToADegreeWith Ila language ⓘ
Lozi language ⓘ
areNotTheSameAs Tonga language (Malawi) ⓘ
Tongan language ⓘ
surface form: Tongan language (Polynesian)
arePartOf Zambezian Bantu languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tonga people ⓘ
surface form: Tonga people (Zambia and Zimbabwe)
glottologCode tumb1250 ⓘ
guthrieClassification Zone M ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chitonga (southern Africa) ⓘ
Tonga (Zambia) ⓘ
surface form: Tonga (southern Africa)
hasMember Tonga (Zambia) ⓘ
surface form: Tonga language (Botswana)

Tsonga language ⓘ
surface form: Tonga language (Mozambique)

Tonga languages (southern Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tonga language (Namibia)

Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code toi (for Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe) ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
region Zambezi Valley ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi valley

northwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
Southern Province, Zambia ⓘ
surface form: southern Zambia
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
usedFor local administration in parts of Zambia ⓘ
oral tradition in southern Zambia ⓘ
primary education in some regions of Zambia ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

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

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasSubgroup → Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonga group (southern Africa)
Sena → closelyRelatedTo → Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonga language (Malawi)
Tonga (Zambia) → notSameAs → Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonga language (Malawi)
Tonga languages (southern Africa) → hasMember → Tonga languages (southern Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonga language (Namibia)
Tonga (Zimbabwe) → subclassOf → Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonga language (Bantu)