Citumbuka
E934806
Citumbuka is another name for the Tumbuka language spoken primarily in parts of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Citumbuka canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternateName | Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Citonga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nsenga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryStatus |
minority language in Zambia
ⓘ
regional language in Malawi ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tumbuka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | tumb1250 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Henga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoka ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| ISO639-2 | tum ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tum ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierInfluence |
Chichewa loanwords
ⓘ
English loanwords ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Zambia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardization | partially standardized in Malawi ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu (Zone N) NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Sabi languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tumbuka communities in rural areas of northern Malawi
ⓘ
Tumbuka communities in urban areas of Malawi ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in parts of Malawi
ⓘ
local media in northern Malawi ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.