Bantu zone F

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Bantu zone F is a group of closely related Bantu languages in central Africa as defined within Malcolm Guthrie’s geographic classification of the Niger-Congo language family.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bantu zone F canonical 1
Guthrie Bantu zone F 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
Guthrie Bantu zone
belongsToBranch Bantoid
Benue–Congo
classificationCriterion geographic distribution
lexical similarity
hasAlternativeName Guthrie Zone F
Zone F
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages 20–30
hasCodeSystem Guthrie alphanumeric codes
hasDefiner Malcolm Guthrie
hasLanguage Aushi language
Bemba language
Chokwe language
Ila language (Zambia)
linked to: Ila language

Kaonde language
Lala language
Lamba language
Lenje language
Luchazi language
Lunda language (Zambia–DRC)
Lunda-Ndembu language
linked to: Lunda language

Luvale language
Lwena (Luena) language
linked to: Luchazi language

Mbunda language
Sala language
Soli language
Swaka language
Tonga language (Zambia)
linked to: Tonga language

Twa varieties (Zone F)
hasMacroArea Central Bantu area
Southern Bantu area
hasNotableLanguage Bemba language
Chokwe language
Kaonde language
Lunda language (Zambia–DRC)
Luvale language
hasRegion Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Zambia
hasTypicalCodePrefix F
locatedIn Central Africa
partOf Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
Niger–Congo language family
subclassOf Bantu languages
usedInLinguisticResearch comparative Bantu studies
historical linguistics of Bantu

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Rangi belongsTo Guthrie Bantu zone F
linked to: Bantu zone F