Sukuma
E617029
Sukuma is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Sukuma people in northern Tanzania.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
language of Tanzania ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sukuma people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Kisukuma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kɪsukuma NERFINISHED ⓘ Sukuma language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Sukuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | suku1271 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Sukuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | suk ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-1 | (none) ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-2 | suk ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNounClasses | multiple grammatical noun classes ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | millions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryArea | south of Lake Victoria ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Tanzania ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| isMajorLanguageIn | Northern Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Nyamwezi (partially) ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Jita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyamwezi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenByPopulationIn | Lake Victoria region of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | primary schools in Sukuma-speaking areas (to some extent) ⓘ |
| isUsedAlongside | Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Northeastern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mwanza Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shinyanga Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Simiyu Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Sukuma people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Tanzania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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