Ikalanga language
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Ikalanga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and southwestern Zimbabwe by the Kalanga people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ikalanga language canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ikalanga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalanga ⓘ TjiKalanga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Kalanga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Nambya language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfficialRecognition |
Botswana (minority language recognition in practice, not national official language)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zimbabwe (minority language recognition in practice, not national official language) ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Kalanga ethnic identity ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottologCode | ikal1243 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Bantu language ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kalanga (Zimbabwe variety)
ⓘ
TjiKalanga (Botswana variety) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
Nambya language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
object concords ⓘ subject concords ⓘ verb prefixation ⓘ |
| hasOrthography |
Latin-based orthography in Zimbabwe
ⓘ
standardized Latin-based orthography in Botswana ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStandardOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | kck ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| macrolanguageContext | sometimes grouped historically with Shona cluster ⓘ |
| region |
north‑eastern Botswana
ⓘ
south‑western Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kalanga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily |
S.10 Bantu subgroup
ⓘ
Shona group ⓘ |
| usedFor |
music
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | some primary schools in Kalanga-speaking areas ⓘ |
| usedInMedia | local radio programs in Kalanga areas ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | local churches in Kalanga communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.