Xichangana
E547889
Xichangana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique and parts of South Africa and Eswatini, closely related to Tsonga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xichangana canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Changana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xitsonga Changana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroLanguage | Tsonga (Xitsonga) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Tsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
object concords
ⓘ
subject concords ⓘ verb derivational extensions ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tsn (cluster-related; Tsonga/Changana grouping) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
Xitsonga
ⓘ
Xitsonga dialects in South Africa ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Portuguese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zulu and other Nguni languages (in border areas) ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
prefixing
ⓘ
suffixing ⓘ |
| hasNounClasses | multiple grammatical noun classes ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicBasis | Portuguese-influenced Latin orthography (in Mozambique) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in southern Mozambique ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Tsonga varieties (to a significant degree) ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Ronga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swati (siSwati) ⓘ Tswa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tsonga language cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Eswatini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenPrimarilyIn | southern Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | home language in many communities ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Changana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Kingdom of Eswatini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
daily communication
ⓘ
local media (in some areas) ⓘ music and songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.