Yao language

E570024

Bantu language natural language

The Yao language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Yao people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yao language canonical	2
Yao languages	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
belongsTo	Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Republic of Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ United Republic of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Yao people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode	yaoo1241 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Achiyawo ⓘ Adsawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ajawa ⓘ Ayawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiyao ⓘ Ciyao ⓘ Hyao ⓘ Jao ⓘ Kiyao ⓘ Wayao ⓘ Yao (Bantu) ⓘ Yawo ⓘ
hasDialects	Malawi Yao NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique Yao NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania Yao NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature	subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode	99-AUS-ml ⓘ
hasNounClasses	multiple grammatical noun classes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length (in some dialects) ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ
iso639-3Code	yao ⓘ
languageBranch	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Chewa NERFINISHED ⓘ Makhuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southeastern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily	Nyasa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class system ⓘ tone language ⓘ
usedBy	Yao communities in Malawi ⓘ Yao communities in Mozambique ⓘ Yao communities in Tanzania ⓘ
usedIn	local trade communication in Yao areas ⓘ traditional Yao oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Yao → hasAlternativeName → Yao language ⓘ

Lakkia–Biao languages → contactWith → Yao language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yao languages

Macua → relatedLanguage → Yao language ⓘ