Southern Bantoid
E26698
Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Bantoid languages | 28 |
| Southern Bantoid canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T199602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Southern Bantoid Context triple: [Northern Ndebele, subfamily, Southern Bantoid]
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A.
Southern Bantu
Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
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B.
Niger–Congo languages
The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
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C.
Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.
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D.
Nguni languages
The Nguni languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages of southern Africa that include major tongues such as Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
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E.
Bantu languages
Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Southern Bantoid Target entity description: Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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A.
Southern Bantu
Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
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B.
Niger–Congo languages
The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
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C.
Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.
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D.
Nguni languages
The Nguni languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages of southern Africa that include major tongues such as Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
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E.
Bantu languages
Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Bantoid languages
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language subgroup ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Northern Bantoid ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ |
| hasFamilyColor |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
|
| hasGlottologCode | sout3151 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Southern Bantoid self-link ⓘ |
| hasMajorSubdivision |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu
Non-Bantu Southern Bantoid ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu
Western Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu A languages
Bantu B languages ⓘ Bantu C languages ⓘ Bantu D languages ⓘ Bantu E languages ⓘ Bantu F languages ⓘ Bantu G languages ⓘ Bantu H languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu J languages
Bantu K languages ⓘ Bantu L languages ⓘ Bantu M languages ⓘ Bantu N languages ⓘ Bantu P languages ⓘ Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu R languages
Bantu S languages ⓘ Bantu T languages ⓘ Bantu V languages ⓘ Bantu W languages ⓘ Bantu X languages ⓘ Bantu Y languages ⓘ Bantu Z languages ⓘ Beboid languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form:
Ekoid languages
Grassfields languages ⓘ Jarawan Bantu ⓘ Mamfe languages ⓘ Mbam languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form:
Momo languages
Nyang languages ⓘ Tivoid languages ⓘ |
| includes |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu language family
Bantu languages ⓘ |
| isDefinedBy | comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ |
| isLinguisticAncestorOf | many modern Bantu languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic–Congo
Bantoid languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Benue–Congo
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Volta–Congo
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| spokenIn |
Sub-Saharan Africa
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surface form:
sub-Saharan Africa
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| subclassOf | Bantoid ⓘ |
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Subject: Southern Bantoid Description of subject: Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Referenced by (41)
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