Nyaneka language

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The Nyaneka language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nyaneka people of southwestern Angola.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyaneka language canonical 2

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
country Angola
endangermentStatus developing language
ethnicGroup Nkhumbi people
Nyaneka people
glottocode nyan1300
glottologName Nyaneka
hasAlternativeName Lunyaneka
Nyaneka-Nkhumbi
Nyanyeka
linked to: Nyaneka

Olunyaneka
hasDialects Nyaneka dialects
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasNounClassSystem true
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasWordOrder SVO
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Nkhumbi language
iso639-3Code nyk
isPartOf Southwest Bantu languages
linked to: Southwest Bantu
isSpokenToday true
languageBranch Narrow Bantu languages
linked to: Narrow Bantu
languageFamily Bantu languages
partOf Niger–Congo language family
region Benguela Province
Cunene Province
Huíla Province
Namibe Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Nyaneka people
spokenIn Angola
southwestern Angola
usedBy rural communities in southwestern Angola
usedIn traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

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

Bantu W languages hasMember Nyaneka language
Southwest Bantu hasMemberLanguage Nyaneka language