Lozi

E50731
Bantu language language

Lozi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people in western Zambia and surrounding regions of southern Africa.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lozi canonical 21

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Kololo ⓘ
Rotse ⓘ
Rozi ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
belongsToBranch Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sotho

Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lozi people ⓘ
glottologCode lozi1239 ⓘ
glottologName Lozi self-link ⓘ
hasDialects regional varieties in western Zambia ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Bantu noun class system ⓘ
hasStandardForm Silozi standard ⓘ
historicalRegion Barotseland region ⓘ
surface form: Barotseland
influencedBy Kololo language ⓘ
Luyana ⓘ
ISO639-1Code none ⓘ
ISO639-2Code loz ⓘ
ISO639-3Code loz ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu
macrolanguageOf various Lozi regional varieties ⓘ
nativeName Lomwe ⓘ
surface form: Silozi
primaryCountry Zambia ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
spokenBy Lozi diaspora in Angola ⓘ
Lozi diaspora in Botswana ⓘ
Lozi diaspora in Namibia ⓘ
Lozi diaspora in Zimbabwe ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
western Zambia ⓘ
subfamily Sotho–Tswana languages ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Barotseland region ⓘ
usedInEducation regional primary education in western Zambia ⓘ
usedInMedia local radio in western Zambia ⓘ
usedInReligion Christian church services in western Zambia ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (21)

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

Victoria Falls → localLanguageOfName → Lozi ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Lozi ⓘ
Lozi → glottologName → Lozi self-link ⓘ
Livingstone → languageSpoken → Lozi ⓘ
Sotho–Tswana languages → hasPart → Lozi ⓘ
Tonga (Zimbabwe) → neighboringLanguages → Lozi ⓘ
“The Smoke that Thunders” is an English rendering of the local name “Mosi-oa-Tunya” → etymologySourceLanguage → Lozi ⓘ
subject surface form: The Smoke that Thunders
“Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language → nameInLanguage → Lozi ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya
Rozi → alsoKnownAs → Lozi ⓘ
Barotseland region → demonym → Lozi ⓘ
subject surface form: Barotseland
Lozi people → autonym → Lozi ⓘ
Lozi people → demonym → Lozi ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia → majorEthnicGroups → Lozi ⓘ
Sioma, Zambia → localLanguage → Lozi ⓘ
Barotse Royal Establishment → associatedPeople → Lozi ⓘ
Litunga → ethnicGroupRepresented → Lozi ⓘ
Kuomboka ceremony → language → Lozi ⓘ
Caprivi Strip → languageMajority → Lozi ⓘ
Silozi → alternateName → Lozi ⓘ
Silozi → glottologName → Lozi ⓘ
Bulozi Plain → associatedEthnicGroup → Lozi ⓘ