Bantu zone L
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Bantu zone L is a group of closely related Bantu languages in central Africa as defined within Malcolm Guthrie’s geographic classification of the Niger-Congo language family.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bantu zone M | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language group
ⓘ
Guthrie Bantu zone ⓘ |
| classificationBasis | geographic criteria ⓘ |
| definedBy | Malcolm Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bemba language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Binji language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanyok language ⓘ Kaonde language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kete language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lala-Bisa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamba language ⓘ Luba-Kasai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Luba-Katanga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunda language (Bantu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lwalu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lwalwa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanga language (Bantu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Songe language (Bantu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Twa languages (zone L) ⓘ Yeke language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMacroArea | Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
classification is primarily geographic
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languages are closely related ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
L10 Luba languages
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L20 Sanga-Kaonde languages NERFINISHED ⓘ L30 Lunda languages ⓘ L40 Bemba-related languages ⓘ L50 Lamba-Lala languages ⓘ L60 Kete-Kanyok languages NERFINISHED ⓘ L70 Binji-Lwalu languages ⓘ L80 Songe-Yeke languages NERFINISHED ⓘ L90 Twa and related languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic-Congo languages
NERFINISHED
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Benue-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | zone letter L in Guthrie system ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
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Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Angola
NERFINISHED
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Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bantu zone M