Chaga languages

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The Chaga languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Chaga people on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chaga language 1
Chaga languages canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language continuum
arealFeature contact with Maasai
contact with Swahili
arealGroup East Africa NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Tanzania
endonym Kichagga
glottologCode chag1248
guthrieClassification E60
hasLanguage Kichagga NERFINISHED
Kivunjo NERFINISHED
Machame NERFINISHED
Marangu NERFINISHED
Mwika NERFINISHED
Old Moshi NERFINISHED
Rombo NERFINISHED
Siha NERFINISHED
Wunjo NERFINISHED
ISO639_3CollectiveCode kck
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
morphology noun class system
neighboringLanguages Maasai language NERFINISHED
Pare languages
Swahili NERFINISHED
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
region Mount Kilimanjaro NERFINISHED
spokenBy Chaga people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Tanzania NERFINISHED
northern Tanzania
slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
status regional language
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Northeast Bantu languages NERFINISHED
typology agglutinative language
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Eastern Bantu hasMemberLanguage Chaga languages
Chagga people primaryLanguage Chaga languages
this entity surface form: Chaga language