Bantu zone U

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Bantu language subgroup Guthrie Bantu zone

Bantu zone U is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa.

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Surface form Occurrences
Bantu zone V 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup ⓘ
Guthrie Bantu zone ⓘ
appliesTo closely related Bantu languages ⓘ
classificationType geographic-genealogical ⓘ
developedBy Malcolm Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Guthrie Zone U NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasis lexicostatistical similarity ⓘ
morphological similarity ⓘ
phonological similarity ⓘ
hasCharacteristic languages are mutually closely related ⓘ
languages share common Bantu grammatical features ⓘ
hasClassificationCode Zone U NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHigherClassification Atlantic-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benue-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageMember Herero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwisi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngambwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyaneka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tjimba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umbundu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zemba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotationSystem letter-based zone code ⓘ
hasPurpose organizing Bantu languages into zones ⓘ
hasSubgroupingUnit individual language ⓘ
language group ⓘ
hasSubjectArea African linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantu studies ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Malcolm Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Guthrie classification of Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages (in Guthrie’s scheme) ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn comparative Bantu linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics of Bantu ⓘ
usedSince 20th century ⓘ

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

Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo → hasPart → Bantu zone U ⓘ
Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo → hasPart → Bantu zone U ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bantu zone V