Kizombo

E279951

Kizombo is a regional dialect of the Kikongo language spoken by Bakongo communities in Central Africa.

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Kizombo canonical 1

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
belongsToBranch Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
hasAlternativeName Kizombo dialect
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu
surface form: Proto-Bantu language
hasDialectContinuumWith Kikongo
hasEthnicAssociation Kongo people
surface form: Bakongo people
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant system
vowel harmony tendencies
hasRegion Bas-Congo
surface form: Kongo cultural area
hasStatus minority language variety
hasTypology SVO word order
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Kikongo dialects
isSubvarietyOf Kongo languages
surface form: Kongo language cluster
languageFamily Bantu languages
partOf Kikongo
surface form: Kikongo language
spokenBy Kongo people
surface form: Bakongo people
spokenIn Central Africa
usedFor local trade communication
oral communication
usedIn traditional Bakongo cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kikongo hasDialect Kizombo