Kinyamwezi

E667767

Kinyamwezi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nyamwezi people in central Tanzania.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kinyamwezi canonical 7
Wanyamwezi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
belongsToBranch Niger–Congo languages
belongsToGroup Bantu languages of Tanzania
belongsToSubbranch Benue–Congo languages
closelyRelatedTo Kimbu language
linked to: Nyaturu language

Nyaturu language
Sukuma language
continent Africa
country Tanzania
ethnicGroup Nyamwezi
glottocode nyam1273
guthrieClassification F.22
hasAlternativeName Nyamwezi language
hasDialects Eastern Kinyamwezi
Northern Kinyamwezi
Southern Kinyamwezi
Western Kinyamwezi
hasGrammaticalFeature locative noun classes
object markers on verbs
verb conjugation with subject markers
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class agreement
prenasalized consonants
hasTone yes
hasWordOrder SVO
iso639-3Code nym
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
linguisticArea East Africa
macrolanguage Nyamwezi–Sukuma cluster
primaryUsage daily communication
oral tradition
region Shinyanga Region
Singida Region
Tabora Region
spokenBy Nyamwezi people
spokenIn Tanzania
central Tanzania
subfamily Northeast Bantu languages
linked to: Northeast Bantu

Sukuma–Nyamwezi languages
usedAlongside English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
usedInEducation informal community education
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Nyamwezi people alsoKnownAs Wanyamwezi
linked to: Kinyamwezi
Nyamwezi people language Kinyamwezi
Nyamwezi hasAlternativeName Kinyamwezi
Inyamwezi hasAlternativeSpelling Kinyamwezi
Kisukuma neighboringLanguages Kinyamwezi
Kikerewe closelyRelatedTo Kinyamwezi