Comorian (Shikomori)

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Comorian (Shikomori) is a Bantu language spoken in the Comoros archipelago, closely related to Swahili and used in several regional varieties across the islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Comorian (Shikomori) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
alternateName Comorian
Shikomori
closelyRelatedTo Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
country Comoros
hasAlternativeName Comorian language
Comorian language
Shikomori
hasDialect Shimaore
Shimwali
linked to: Chimwiini

Shindzuani
Shingazidja
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3Code swb
wlc
wni
zdj
isOfficialLanguageOf Comoros
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
partOf Swahili macrolanguage group (broadly classified)
region East Africa
Indian Ocean
spokenIn Comoros
Comoros archipelago
linked to: Comoros

Mayotte
spokenOn Anjouan
Grande Comore
Mayotte
Mohéli
status national language of Comoros
subfamily Sabaki languages
usedAlongside Arabic
French
usedFor everyday communication
oral literature
usedIn radio broadcasting in Comoros
religious education in Comoros
writingTradition Ajami (Arabic-based) script
linked to: Ajami script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

East African languages includesLanguage Comorian (Shikomori)
East African languages hasCreoleInfluenceOn Comorian (Shikomori)