Southern Tumbuka
E936901
Southern Tumbuka is a regional variety of the Tumbuka language spoken primarily in the southern parts of the Tumbuka-speaking area of Malawi and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Tumbuka canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of Tumbuka ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Benue–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Northern Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | none (no separate ISO 639-3 code; covered by Tumbuka) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
lexical differences from other Tumbuka dialects
ⓘ
minor grammatical variation compared to standard Tumbuka ⓘ phonological differences from northern Tumbuka varieties ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrateLanguage | Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isNot | official national language of Malawi ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Tumbuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tumbuka dialect continuum ⓘ |
| sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith | other Tumbuka varieties ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malawi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeastern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ neighboring regions of Malawi ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | southern parts of the Tumbuka-speaking area of Malawi ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Tumbuka language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tumbuka ethnic group in southern Tumbuka-speaking areas ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.