Southwest Bantu

E337755
Bantu language subgroup language group

Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Southwest Bantu canonical 3
Southwestern Bantu languages 2
Southwest Bantu group 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup ⓘ
language group ⓘ
branchOf Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
characteristic closely related Bantu languages ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
geographicDistribution Namibian Atlantic coast ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic coast of southwestern Africa

interior plateau regions of southwestern Africa ⓘ
glottologClassification Southwest Bantu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Bantu group
hasFeature concordial agreement ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Chokwe language ⓘ
Ganguela language ⓘ
Herero language ⓘ
Kimbundu ⓘ
surface form: Kimbundu language

Kwanyama ⓘ
surface form: Kwanyama language

Luchazi language ⓘ
Luvale language ⓘ
Mbunda language ⓘ
Ovambo language ⓘ
surface form: Ndonga language

Nyaneka language ⓘ
Nyemba language ⓘ
Ovambo language ⓘ
Simbu language ⓘ
Songo language ⓘ
Umbundu language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Herero cluster ⓘ
Ovambo cluster ⓘ
Umbundu–Kimbundu cluster ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo
linguisticClassification Bantu Zone K ⓘ
Bantu zone R ⓘ
surface form: Bantu Zone R
partOf Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu language family
region Namibia ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Africa
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
typology agglutinative language group ⓘ
usedBy Herero ⓘ
surface form: Herero people

Kimbundu-speaking peoples ⓘ
Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umbundu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
wordOrder SVO-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for most member languages) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Kimbundu → languageBranch → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
Oshiwambo → subgroupOf → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bantu languages
Herero → subfamily → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Bantu languages
Ovambo → subfamily → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bantu
North Mbundu → belongsToBranch → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
Southwest Bantu → glottologClassification → Southwest Bantu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Bantu group
South Mbundu → subfamily → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
Hambukushu people → languageBranch → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bantu languages
Oshiwambo languages → partOf → Southwest Bantu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Bantu subgroup