Bantu H languages

E184701

Bantu H languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Southern Bantoid family.

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Bantu H languages canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup
language group
areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree within individual clusters
belongsTo Guthrie Zone H
characterizedBy shared grammatical features
shared phonological features
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu
hasClassificationSystem Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo
surface form: Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
hasFeature noun class system
rich verbal morphology
tone
hasGuthrieZone H
hasHigherLevelFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
hasISO639FamilyCode bnt
hasLinguisticFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
hasMacroArea Sub-Saharan Africa
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNotableLanguage Chokwe
Kaonde
Luba-Kasai
Luba-Kasai
surface form: Luba-Katanga

Lunda
Luvale
Lwena
Mbunda
hasRegion Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Zambia
hasSubfamily Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
partOf Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo
surface form: Guthrie Bantu classification
spokenIn Central Africa
Southern Africa
subclassOf Bantu languages
Southern Bantoid
surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
usedFor education in some regions
local administration in some regions
oral communication

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Southern Bantoid hasSubgroup Bantu H languages