Bantu W languages
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Bantu W 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 Niger-Congo language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bantu W languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language subgroup
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| branchOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic-Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Benue-Congo languages
|
| classifiedBy |
Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo
ⓘ
surface form:
Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
|
| hasClassificationCode | Guthrie Zone W ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
concord agreement ⓘ noun class system ⓘ shared grammatical features ⓘ shared phonological features ⓘ tone ⓘ verb prefixation ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Kalanga language
ⓘ
surface form:
Chokwe language
Herero language ⓘ Kikongo ⓘ
surface form:
Kikongo language cluster
Kimbundu ⓘ
surface form:
Kimbundu language
Kwanyama ⓘ
surface form:
Kwanyama language
Lozi language ⓘ Luba languages ⓘ
surface form:
Luba-Kasai language
Luba languages ⓘ
surface form:
Luba-Katanga language
Luchazi language ⓘ Lunda language ⓘ Luvale language ⓘ Mbunda language ⓘ Ovambo language ⓘ
surface form:
Ndonga language
Nyaneka language ⓘ Ovambo language ⓘ Pende language ⓘ Subiya language ⓘ Suku language ⓘ Teke languages ⓘ Umbundu language ⓘ Yaka languages ⓘ
surface form:
Yaka language
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| languageFamily |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo
|
| partOf |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu language family
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| spokenIn |
Angola
ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ Central Africa ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ Zambia ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo language groupings
|
| usedBy |
Bantu ethnic groups in Central Africa
ⓘ
Bantu ethnic groups in Southern Africa ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.