Nyaturu language

E703814

The Nyaturu language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nyaturu people in central Tanzania.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nyaturu language canonical 4
Kimbu language 1
Kinyanyembe (Nyaturu dialect) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
branchOf Niger-Congo language family
closelyRelatedTo Nyamwezi language
Sukuma language
continent Africa
country Tanzania
glottocode nyat1247
hasDialect Kiikizu (Nyaturu dialect)
Kinyanyembe (Nyaturu dialect)
linked to: Nyaturu language

Luguru (Nyaturu dialect)
linked to: Nyaturu language
hasFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
iso639-3Code rim
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
partOf Benue-Congo languages
region Dodoma Region
Singida Region
spokenBy Nyaturu people
spokenByEthnicGroup Wanyaturu
spokenIn Tanzania
central Tanzania
subfamily Northeast Bantu languages
linked to: Northeast Bantu

Sukuma-Nyamwezi group
usedIn local administration in parts of central Tanzania
primary education in some communities in central Tanzania
traditional oral literature of the Nyaturu people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Singida Region languageUsed Nyaturu language
Kinyamwezi closelyRelatedTo Nyaturu language
Kinyamwezi closelyRelatedTo Kimbu language
linked to: Nyaturu language
Nyaturu language hasDialect Luguru (Nyaturu dialect)
linked to: Nyaturu language
Nyaturu language hasDialect Kinyanyembe (Nyaturu dialect)
linked to: Nyaturu language
Northeast Bantu hasMember Nyaturu language
Iramba closelyRelatedTo Nyaturu language