Luchazi language

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The Luchazi language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Luchazi people in Angola and neighboring regions of southern Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luchazi language canonical 6
Lwena (Luena) language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternativeName Lucazi
Luchase
Lutchazi
classificationSystem Bantu zone K
linked to: Bantu Zone K
closelyRelatedTo Luvale language
Mbunda language
Nyengo language
continent Africa
country Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Zambia
ethnicGroup Luchazi people
glottologCode luch1239
guthrieClassification K.13
hasDialect Lucazi
Luchazi proper
Ngangela (broad sense)
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Luvale language
Mbunda language
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
extensive verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages
tonal contrasts
iso639-3Code lch
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
linguisticArea Upper Zambezi region
linked to: Zambezi Region
primaryStatusInAngola minority language
region southeastern Angola
southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa
spokenBy Luchazi people
spokenIn Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Zambia
subfamily Southwestern Bantu languages
linked to: Southwest Bantu
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
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.

Bantu W languages hasMember Luchazi language
Southwest Bantu hasMemberLanguage Luchazi language
Bantu zone F hasLanguage Luchazi language
Bantu zone F hasLanguage Lwena (Luena) language
linked to: Luchazi language
Luvale closelyRelatedTo Luchazi language
Mbunda language closelyRelatedTo Luchazi language
Luvale language closelyRelatedTo Luchazi language