Nguni languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nguni_languages
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:class gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Southern_Bantu
gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkbp:color gptkb:Niger-Congo
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Tekela_languages
gptkb:Zunda_languages
gptkbp:glottologCode ngun1267
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nguni languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ngf
gptkbp:linguisticFeature noun class system
click consonants
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Ndebele
gptkb:Swati
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Nguni_people
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 20 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eswatini
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sotho–Tswana_languages
gptkb:Tsonga_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkbp:TekelaLanguagesInclude gptkb:Southern_Ndebele
gptkb:Swati
gptkb:Phuthi
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:ZundaLanguagesInclude gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Northern_Ndebele
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ndebele
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:siSwati
gptkb:Nguni
gptkb:isiZulu
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5