XiRonga
E618001
XiRonga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ronga people in southern Mozambique and surrounding regions.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cilonga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Guthrie zone S NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tsonga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xitsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ronga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | rong1264 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Ronga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuthrieCode | S.54 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | rng ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
Tswa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xitsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
noun class prefixes ⓘ rich consonant system ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Mozambique ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| inContactWith |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
Xitsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mozambican linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| isTaughtInformallyIn | Ronga communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Bantu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tswa–Ronga language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith |
Changana language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tswa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ronga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Maputo Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maputo city NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Bantu languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | communities around Maputo Bay ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral communication
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.