Bantoid languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:characteristic agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Northern_Bantoid_languages
gptkb:Southern_Bantoid_languages
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
1948
gptkbp:glottologCode bant1295
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bantoid languages
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 bnt
gptkbp:language over 500
gptkbp:linguisticClassification gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkb:Volta–Congo
gptkb:Bantoid
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Sotho
gptkb:Tsonga
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Venda
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Chichewa
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Kirundi
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Luganda
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Mambila
gptkb:Bamileke
gptkb:Tiv
Swahili
Fang
gptkbp:notableGroup gptkb:Beboid_languages
gptkb:Jarawan_languages
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Dakoid_languages
gptkb:Grassfields_languages
gptkb:Mambiloid_languages
gptkb:Tivoid_languages
gptkbp:region gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Burundi
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Congo
gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea
gptkb:Gabon
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Malawi
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Rwanda
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:Southeast_Nigeria
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Bantoid_peoples
gptkbp:status many are endangered
some are official languages
some are national languages
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Benue–Congo_languages
gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script (some languages)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benue–Congo_languages
gptkb:Benue-Congo_languages
gptkb:Southern_Bantoid
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6