Chitumbuka
E934805
Chitumbuka is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tumbuka people in parts of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chitumbuka canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Tumbuka language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chichewa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nsenga NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonga language (Zambia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryStatusInMalawi | major regional language GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryStatusInZambia | regional language GENERATED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | tumb1250 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chitumbuka language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Citumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Henga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoka ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
concordial agreement with noun classes
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | tbi ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | tum ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tum ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | ISO 639-3:tum ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Chichewa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | five-vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Northern Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Central Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Tumbuka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Zambia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tumbuka people in Malawi
ⓘ
Tumbuka people in Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Tumbuka people in Zambia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
education (regional, primary levels) ⓘ radio broadcasting (regional) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local literature
ⓘ
religious texts (translations) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.