Zande language

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The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zande language canonical 4
Zande languages 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central African language
Ubangian language
language
alternativeName Azande language
Zandean
associatedWith Azande Kingdom (historical)
belongsTo Zande language cluster
classificationStatus generally accepted as Ubangian
ethnicGroup Zande people
surface form: Azande
glottologCode zand1248
glottologName Zande
hasDialects Kpatiri
Nzakara
Zande proper
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order
noun class system (reduced compared to other Niger–Congo languages)
tone language
hasResourceType Bible translations
dictionaries
grammars
isL1Of many Azande people
isL2Of some neighboring ethnic groups
iso639-3Code zne
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
Ubangian languages
macroArea Africa
name Zande people
surface form: Azande

Zande
neighboringLanguages Baka (Ubangi)
Moru
Sango
primaryCountry South Sudan
region Central Africa
secondaryCountry Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
spokenBy Zande people
surface form: Azande people
spokenIn Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
status widely spoken regional language in its area
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
songs
storytelling
usedIn local radio broadcasts (in some areas)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ubangian languages hasSubgroup Zande language
this entity surface form: Zande languages
Ubangian languages hasMember Zande language
Sara languages hasMember Zande language
this entity surface form: Zande languages
Ngbandi language neighboringLanguages Zande language
Arabi Juba influencedByLanguage Zande language