Lozi language

E570282
Bantu language natural language

The Lozi language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in western Zambia and surrounding regions, serving as the main language of the Lozi people and a lingua franca in parts of south-central Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lozi language canonical 11
Lozi language as lingua franca in Western Zambia 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Sotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Setswana NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicLanguageOf Lozi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode lozi1239 ⓘ
glottologName Lozi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Luyana-Lozi ⓘ
Rotse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rozi ⓘ
Silozi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers over 700000 speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
typical Bantu noun class system ⓘ
hasStandardForm standard Silozi ⓘ
influencedBy Kololo dialect of Sesotho ⓘ
Luyana language ⓘ
ISO639-1Code none ⓘ
ISO639-2Code loz ⓘ
ISO639-3Code loz ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantoid ⓘ
Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf Western Province of Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCountry Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Barotseland NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caprivi Strip NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
western Zambia ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
Sotho–Tswana languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of south-central Africa ⓘ
lingua franca in western Zambia ⓘ
usedBy Lozi kingdom institutions ⓘ
usedIn education in parts of western Zambia ⓘ
local administration in western Zambia ⓘ
radio broadcasting in western Zambia ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (12)

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

Tonga languages (southern Africa) → areMutuallyIntelligibleToADegreeWith → Lozi language ⓘ
Bantu W languages → hasMember → Lozi language ⓘ
Rozi → speaks → Lozi language ⓘ
Rozi → uses → Lozi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lozi language as lingua franca in Western Zambia
Rotse → language → Lozi language ⓘ
Kololo → influenced → Lozi language ⓘ
Kololo language → influenced → Lozi language ⓘ
Kololo language → successorLanguage → Lozi language ⓘ
Luyana → influenced → Lozi language ⓘ
Luyana → relatedTo → Lozi language ⓘ
Lozi people → language → Lozi language ⓘ
Mongu → localLanguage → Lozi language ⓘ