Makua languages

E139072
Bantu language group language family subgroup

The Makua languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in northern Mozambique and neighboring regions of southeastern Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Makua language 2
Makua languages canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
language family subgroup ⓘ
areCloselyRelated each other ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleWith each other to varying degrees ⓘ
areSpokenBy Lomwe people ⓘ
Makua people ⓘ
areUsedFor daily communication ⓘ
areUsedIn local trade ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
GuthrieClassification P30 ⓘ
hasMember Chuwabu language ⓘ
Koti language ⓘ
Lolo language (Makua group) ⓘ
Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Lomwe language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa-Enahara language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa-Marrevone language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa-Moniga language

Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima language

Saka language ⓘ
haveInfluenceFrom Portuguese language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
ISO639_5Code mkh ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
morphology noun class system ⓘ
partOf Makhuwa languages ⓘ
surface form: Makhuwa linguistic cluster
primaryRegion northern Mozambique ⓘ
region Cabo Delgado Province ⓘ
Nampula Province ⓘ
Niassa Province ⓘ
spokenIn Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
northern Mozambique ⓘ
southeastern Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu

Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue–Congo

Southern Bantoid ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Makua languages ⓘ
Makua group → hasLanguage → Makua languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makua language
Makua group → languageFamilyBranch → Makua languages ⓘ
northern Mozambique → languageSpoken → Makua languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Mozambique
this entity surface form: Makua language