Changana language

E653274

Changana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique and neighboring regions, closely related to other Tswa–Ronga varieties.

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Changana language canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternateName Changana NERFINISHED
Shangaan
Xichangana NERFINISHED
Xitsonga Changana (in some sources) NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Ronga language NERFINISHED
Tsonga language NERFINISHED
Tswa language NERFINISHED
country Eswatini NERFINISHED
South Africa
family Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED
GuthrieCode S.53
hasDomain local radio broadcasting in southern Mozambique
hasEthnicGroup Changana people NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
verb conjugation with subject markers
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
typical Bantu noun class system
hasStandardization orthographic norms based on Latin alphabet
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Tsonga language (to a high degree)
ISO639-3 cce
isPartOf Tswa–Ronga dialect continuum NERFINISHED
languageBranch Tswa–Ronga NERFINISHED
primaryCountry Mozambique NERFINISHED
region Gaza Province NERFINISHED
Inhambane Province NERFINISHED
Maputo Province NERFINISHED
southern Mozambique
spokenIn Eswatini NERFINISHED
Mozambique NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
statusInMozambique important regional language in the south
subclassOf Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Tswa–Ronga languages NERFINISHED
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Guthrie S.50 group NERFINISHED
Tswa–Ronga group NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Portuguese language
usedBy Changana people NERFINISHED
usedIn everyday communication
music and songs
oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tswa–Ronga languages hasPart Changana language