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.

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Label Occurrences
Bantu W languages canonical 1

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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

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Southern Bantoid hasSubgroup Bantu W languages