Sena language

E1024425

The Sena language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Mozambique, with several regional varieties used by different Sena communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sena language canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
basicWordOrder SVO
continent Africa
countryStatusInMozambique recognized language
ethnicGroup Sena people
family Niger–Congo languages
Glottocode sena1264
GlottologName Sena (Mozambique)
hasAlternativeName Cisena
Kisena
hasDialect Barwe
Cisena
Kisena
Podzo
Rue
Shona-Sena
hasRegionalVarieties yes
ISO639-3 seh
languageCodeISO639-1 (none)
lexicalSimilarityWith Chewa language
linked to: Chichewa

Nyanja language
neighboringLanguage Ndau language
linked to: Ndau dialect

Nyanja language
Portuguese language
Shona language
linked to: Shona
primaryRegion central Mozambique
region southern Africa
spokenIn Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages
subgroup Nyasa Bantu languages
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
usedBy Sena communities
usedInDomain local trade
oral communication
traditional culture
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sena of Caia subdivisionOf Sena language
Sena of Tete subdivisionOf Sena language
Sena of Tete hasLanguageAncestor Sena language
Sena people language Sena language
Caia District usesLanguage Sena language
Caia District hasLocalLanguage Sena language
Central Mozambique hasLanguage Sena language
subject linked to: central Mozambique
Podzo language relatedTo Sena language
Sena–Nyanja hasMember Sena language
Nyungwe language isCloselyRelatedTo Sena language