Ila language

E570028

The Ila language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ila people of southern Zambia, known for its rich oral traditions and close relation to other Plateau Tonga languages.

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Label Occurrences
Ila language canonical 3

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Lenje language NERFINISHED
Sala language
Tonga language (Zambia) NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Zambia
glottocode ilaa1241
hasAlternativeName Chila NERFINISHED
Ciila NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Ila people NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
hasOralTradition rich oral traditions
hasSpeakerCommunity Ila-speaking communities in southern Zambia
ISO639-3Code ilb
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Plateau Tonga languages
languageSubfamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
partOf Zambian languages
region Southern Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenBy Ila people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Southern Zambia NERFINISHED
usedFor oral literature
proverbs
rituals
songs
storytelling
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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