Sena language

E1024425

The Sena language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Mozambique, with several regional varieties used by different Sena communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sena language canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryStatusInMozambique recognized language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sena people ⓘ
family Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Glottocode sena1264 ⓘ
GlottologName Sena (Mozambique) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cisena ⓘ
Kisena ⓘ
hasDialect Barwe ⓘ
Cisena ⓘ
Kisena ⓘ
Podzo ⓘ
Rue ⓘ
Shona-Sena ⓘ
hasRegionalVarieties yes ⓘ
ISO639-3 seh ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1 (none) ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Chewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Nyanja language ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Ndau language ⓘ
linked to: Ndau dialect

Nyanja language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Shona language ⓘ
linked to: Shona
primaryRegion central Mozambique ⓘ
region southern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
subgroup Nyasa Bantu languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
usedBy Sena communities ⓘ
usedInDomain local trade ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
traditional culture ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Sena of Caia → subdivisionOf → Sena language ⓘ
Sena of Tete → subdivisionOf → Sena language ⓘ
Sena of Tete → hasLanguageAncestor → Sena language ⓘ
Sena people → language → Sena language ⓘ
Caia District → usesLanguage → Sena language ⓘ
Caia District → hasLocalLanguage → Sena language ⓘ
Central Mozambique → hasLanguage → Sena language ⓘ
subject linked to: central Mozambique
Podzo language → relatedTo → Sena language ⓘ
Sena–Nyanja → hasMember → Sena language ⓘ
Nyungwe language → isCloselyRelatedTo → Sena language ⓘ