Comorian (Shikomori)

E783935

Comorian (Shikomori) is a Bantu language spoken in the Comoros archipelago, closely related to Swahili and used in several regional varieties across the islands.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Comorian (Shikomori) canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
alternateName Comorian
Shikomori NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Swahili NERFINISHED
country Comoros NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Comorian language NERFINISHED
Comorian language NERFINISHED
Shikomori NERFINISHED
hasDialect Shimaore NERFINISHED
Shimwali NERFINISHED
Shindzuani NERFINISHED
Shingazidja NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code swb
wlc
wni
zdj
isOfficialLanguageOf Comoros NERFINISHED
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Bantu languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic NERFINISHED
French NERFINISHED
Swahili NERFINISHED
partOf Swahili macrolanguage group (broadly classified)
region East Africa
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
spokenIn Comoros NERFINISHED
Comoros archipelago NERFINISHED
Mayotte NERFINISHED
spokenOn Anjouan NERFINISHED
Grande Comore NERFINISHED
Mayotte NERFINISHED
Mohéli NERFINISHED
status national language of Comoros
subfamily Sabaki languages
usedAlongside Arabic NERFINISHED
French NERFINISHED
usedFor everyday communication
oral literature
usedIn radio broadcasting in Comoros
religious education in Comoros
writingTradition Ajami (Arabic-based) script NERFINISHED

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East African languages includesLanguage Comorian (Shikomori)
East African languages hasCreoleInfluenceOn Comorian (Shikomori)