Kalanga language
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The Kalanga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Kalanga people in parts of Botswana and southwestern Zimbabwe.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chokwe language | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Nambya language
ⓘ
Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kalanga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | kala1388 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ikalanga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalaka NERFINISHED ⓘ TjiKalanga ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Eastern Kalanga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Kalanga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Nambya language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ndebele language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasScriptStandardization | partially standardized orthography ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | kck ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| region |
northeastern Botswana
ⓘ
southwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Africa ⓘ |
| statusInBotswana | minority language ⓘ |
| statusInZimbabwe | minority language ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Shona group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sotho–Tswana group ⓘ |
| usedBy | Kalanga ethnic group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Kalanga people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local radio broadcasting
ⓘ
music ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chokwe language