Lomwe

E147444

Bantu language natural language

Lomwe is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mozambique and Malawi by the Lomwe people.

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All labels observed (5)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Chuwabu ⓘ Makhuwa ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Lomwe people ⓘ
glottologCode	lomw1238 ⓘ
glottologName	Lomwe self-link ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Lomwe ⓘ surface form: Cilomwe Echilómwe ⓘ Elomwe ⓘ
hasDialect	Lomwe of Milange ⓘ Lomwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malawi Lomwe Lomwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mozambique Lomwe
hasMorphologicalFeature	extensive verb morphology ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage	Chichewa ⓘ surface form: Chewa Makonde ⓘ Sena ⓘ Yao ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone language ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	basic SVO word order ⓘ
iso639-3Code	ngl ⓘ
languageBranch	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ
languageOf	Lomwe folktales ⓘ Lomwe traditional songs ⓘ
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ noun class language ⓘ
primaryStatus	living language ⓘ
region	northern Mozambique ⓘ surface form: Northern Mozambique Southern Malawi ⓘ
spokenBy	Lomwe people ⓘ
spokenIn	Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ
standardizedOrthography	partially developed in Mozambique ⓘ
subfamily	Makhuwa languages ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn	education at local level in parts of Mozambique ⓘ religious activities in Lomwe communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Lomwe ⓘ

Lozi → nativeName → Lomwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silozi

Lomwe → glottologName → Lomwe self-link ⓘ

Lomwe → hasDialect → Lomwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malawi Lomwe

Lomwe → hasDialect → Lomwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozambique Lomwe

Lomwe → hasAlternativeName → Lomwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cilomwe