Central Bantu

E166965
Bantu language subgroup language group

Central Bantu refers to a major subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in central Africa, closely related linguistically and historically to the Southern Bantu languages.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Central Bantu canonical 2
Bantu A zone 1
Core Bantu 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup ⓘ
language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Southern Bantu ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticRole major component of Central African cultural identity ⓘ
hasGlottocode cent2260 ⓘ
hasHistoricalRelation Bantu expansion ⓘ
hasISOClassification part of ISO 639-3 coded Bantu languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
verb conjugation with subject and object markers ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Bemba language ⓘ
surface form: Bemba

Chokwe ⓘ
Kanyok ⓘ
Kete ⓘ
Kikongo ⓘ
Kimbundu ⓘ
Kituba ⓘ
Kongo ⓘ
Kuba ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
Luba-Kasai ⓘ
Luba-Kasai ⓘ
surface form: Luba-Katanga

Lunda ⓘ
Mbundu ⓘ
Mongo ⓘ
Pende ⓘ
Songye ⓘ
Suku ⓘ
Teke ⓘ
Tetela ⓘ
Tshiluba ⓘ
Umbundu ⓘ
Yaka ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
partOf Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue-Congo languages

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages

Southern Bantoid ⓘ
surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Central Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Southern Bantu → closelyRelatedTo → Central Bantu ⓘ
Nzaman → belongsToSubfamily → Central Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bantu A zone
Narrow Bantu → hasAlternativeName → Central Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Core Bantu
Narrow Bantu → hasAlternativeName → Central Bantu ⓘ