Luvale language

E715997

The Luvale language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Luvale people of northwestern Zambia and eastern Angola.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Luvale language canonical 4

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternateName Chiluvale NERFINISHED
Lovale
Luena NERFINISHED
Lwena NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Chokwe language NERFINISHED
Luchazi language NERFINISHED
Lunda language NERFINISHED
continent Africa
countryOfficialStatus recognized minority language in Zambia
ethnicGroup Luvale people NERFINISHED
hasGlottologCode luva1239
hasGlottologName Luvale NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code lue
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasTonalSystem tonal language
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
region Central Africa
spokenIn Angola NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion eastern Angola
northwestern Zambia
subfamily Zone K Bantu languages NERFINISHED
usedBy Luvale people NERFINISHED
usedFor music
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn local education in some areas of Zambia
local radio broadcasting in Zambia
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Bantu W languages hasMember Luvale language
Southwest Bantu hasMemberLanguage Luvale language
Chokwe closelyRelatedTo Luvale language
Luvale people language Luvale language