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.

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 (4)

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

Lozi → glottologName → Lozi self-link →