Bondei language

E518650

The Bondei language is a Bantu language spoken by the Bondei people of northeastern Tanzania, particularly in the Tanga region.

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Bondei language canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Digo language
Shambala language
Zigua language
coexistsWith Swahili language in Tanga Region
continent Africa
country Tanzania
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Bondei people
glottologCode bond1248
glottologName Bondei
guthrieCode G24
hasAlternativeName Bondei
Kibondei
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu language
linked to: Proto-Bantu
hasDomain cultural practices
local trade
oral tradition
hasLinguisticFeature grammatical gender via noun classes
prefixal noun class markers
rich verbal morphology
tone language
hasMorphology noun class system
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO
iso639-3Code bou
isPartOf Atlantic–Congo languages
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo language family
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
region Tanga Region
spokenBy Bondei people
spokenIn Korogwe District
Muheza District
linked to: Lushoto District

Tanga Region
Tanzania
northeastern Tanzania
status minority language in Tanzania
subFamily Guthrie G30
Northeast Coast Bantu languages
usedIn daily communication among Bondei people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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