Kisukuma language

E532703

Kisukuma is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Sukuma people in northwestern Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kisukuma language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Sukuma language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Kinyamwezi
Nyamwezi language
country Tanzania
ethnicGroup Sukuma people
glottocode suku1259
hasAlternativeName Kisukuma
Sukuma
Sukuma language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers millions
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialect Bujashi
Gwe
Ikinyamwezi (closely related)
Kanda
Ngoreme
Nyamamba
Simba
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasFeature agglutinativeMorphology
nounClassSystem
toneLanguage
hasGuthrieCode F.21
F.22
F.23
F.24
hasLinguasphereCode 99-AUS-m
isMajorLanguageOf northwestern Tanzania
iso639-3Code suk
languageFamily Bantu languages
region Geita Region
Mwanza Region
Shinyanga Region
Simiyu Region
spokenBy Sukuma people
spokenIn Tanzania
northwestern Tanzania
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages
Northeast Bantu languages
linked to: Northeast Bantu
usedAlongside English language
linked to: English

Swahili language
usedFor localAdministration
music
oralTradition
storytelling
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Narrow Bantu includes Kisukuma language
Kisukuma hasAlternativeName Kisukuma language