Bantu T languages

E189730

Bantu T languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of southern and eastern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Niger-Congo language family.

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Label Occurrences
Bantu T languages canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup
language group
areSpokenBy Bantu peoples
branchOf Bantu branch of Niger–Congo
characterizedBy shared grammatical features
shared phonological features
classifiedBy Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo
surface form: Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu language
Proto-Niger–Congo
surface form: Proto-Niger–Congo language
hasISOClassification Bantu zone T
surface form: Bantu (T zone) in Guthrie system
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
concord agreement
derivational verb extensions
noun class system
prefixal noun marking
rich verbal morphology
tone
hasSubgroup individual Bantu T languages
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
memberOf Southern Bantu languages
partOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
regionType eastern Bantu zone
southern Bantu zone
spokenIn Angola
Botswana
East Africa
surface form: Eastern Africa

Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Southern Africa
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
usedFor education
literature
mass media
oral communication

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Subject: Bantu T languages
Description of subject: Bantu T languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of southern and eastern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Niger-Congo language family.

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Southern Bantoid hasSubgroup Bantu T languages