East African languages
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East African languages are a diverse group of Bantu and Cushitic languages spoken across countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and neighboring regions, many of which have significantly shaped regional creoles and lingua francas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East African languages canonical | 4 |
Statements (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language group
ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ |
| areInfluencedBy |
Arabic
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic language
English ⓘ
surface form:
English language
German ⓘ
surface form:
German language
Indian Ocean trade languages ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ |
| areKnownFor |
contact-induced change
ⓘ
extensive verbal morphology in Bantu languages ⓘ high multilingualism ⓘ rich noun class systems in Bantu languages ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology in Cushitic and Semitic languages ⓘ |
| arePartOf |
African languages
ⓘ
African languages ⓘ
surface form:
Sub-Saharan African languages
|
| hasCreoleInfluenceOn |
Comorian (Shikomori)
ⓘ
Seychellois Creole ⓘ Swahili-based creoles ⓘ Tanzanian coastal pidgins ⓘ |
| hasLinguaFranca |
Amharic
ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ Kirundi ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Kiswahili
Luganda ⓘ Oromo ⓘ Somali ⓘ Swahili ⓘ |
| hasMajorFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ Cushitic languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Ajami
ⓘ
Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
Geʽez script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| includesLanguage |
Amharic
ⓘ
Chaga ⓘ Chichewa ⓘ Comorian (Shikomori) ⓘ Ganda ⓘ Gikuyu ⓘ Haya ⓘ Hehe ⓘ Kamba ⓘ
surface form:
Kamba (Kikamba)
Kenyan Sign Language ⓘ Kikuyu ⓘ Kinyarwanda ⓘ Kirundi ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Kiswahili
Luganda ⓘ Luhya ⓘ Dholuo ⓘ
surface form:
Luo (Dholuo)
Maasai ⓘ
surface form:
Maasai (Maa)
Makonde ⓘ Meru ⓘ
surface form:
Meru (Kimeru)
Oromo ⓘ Rundi ⓘ Runyankole ⓘ Seychellois Creole ⓘ Shona ⓘ Somali ⓘ Sukuma ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
Tanzanian Sign Language ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burundi
ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ East Africa ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Somalia ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ |
| usedAs |
languages of education
ⓘ
languages of media ⓘ languages of religion ⓘ regional lingua francas ⓘ vernacular languages ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.