Makonde

E534696

Makonde is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Makonde people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Makonde canonical 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternateName Chimakonde NERFINISHED
Shimakonde NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Mwera language NERFINISHED
Yao language NERFINISHED
endonym Chimakonde NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Makonde people NERFINISHED
glottologCode mako1257
hasDialect Central Makonde NERFINISHED
Mozambican Makonde NERFINISHED
Northern Makonde NERFINISHED
Southern Makonde NERFINISHED
Tanzanian Makonde NERFINISHED
hasLiterature educational materials
religious texts
hasOrthography Latin-based orthography in Tanzania
standardized Latin-based orthography in Mozambique
influencedBy Portuguese language NERFINISHED
Swahili language NERFINISHED
iso639-3Code kde
languageFamily Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus vigorous use in rural areas
lexicalSimilarity high with other Makonde–Yao languages
linguisticBranch Makonde–Yao group NERFINISHED
morphologicalFeature agglutinative verbal morphology
phonologicalFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages
primaryRegion northern Mozambique
southern Tanzania NERFINISHED
regionWithinMozambique Cabo Delgado Province NERFINISHED
regionWithinTanzania Lindi Region NERFINISHED
Mtwara Region NERFINISHED
spokenInCountry Mozambique NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
subfamily Bantu languages NERFINISHED
syntaxFeature basic SVO word order
usedByReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
local traditional religions
usedFor everyday communication
music and storytelling
oral tradition
usedInEducation local primary education in some areas
usedInMedia local radio broadcasts
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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