Lenje language

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The Lenje language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lenje people of central Zambia, closely related to the Tonga language of the same region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternativeName Chilenje NERFINISHED
CiLenje NERFINISHED
Lenge NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Tonga language (Zambia) NERFINISHED
country Zambia
countryOfficial Zambia (not official language)
ethnicGroup Lenje people NERFINISHED
glottologCode lenj1245
glottologName Lenje NERFINISHED
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3: leh
hasSpeakersIn Central Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
Lusaka Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code leh
isSpokenBy Lenje people NERFINISHED
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
linguisticClassification Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo > Benue–Congo > Bantoid > Southern Bantoid > Bantu > Botatwe
region Central Province, Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenIn Zambia NERFINISHED
central Zambia
subfamily Botatwe languages NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Tonga (Zambia) closelyRelatedTo Lenje language
Bemba language closelyRelatedTo Lenje language
Kaonde closelyRelatedTo Lenje language