Zone N (Guthrie classification)

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Zone N in the Guthrie classification is a group of closely related Bantu languages, known as the Sena–Nyanja languages, spoken primarily in parts of southeastern Africa.

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Zone N (Guthrie classification) canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
Guthrie Bantu zone ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sena–Nyanja languages ⓘ
branch Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
classificationCriterion partly linguistic ⓘ
primarily geographic ⓘ
codeRange N10–N40 ⓘ
containsSubgroup N10 group ⓘ
N20 group ⓘ
N30 group ⓘ
N40 group ⓘ
geographicDistribution Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
parts of Tanzania ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasMember Chichewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Chinyanja language ⓘ
linked to: Nyanja language

Kunda language ⓘ
Mang’anja language ⓘ
Nsenga language ⓘ
Nyungwe language ⓘ
Phimbi language ⓘ
Sena language ⓘ
Senga language ⓘ
linked to: Nsenga language

Tonga (Malawi) language ⓘ
Tumbuka–Sena transitional varieties ⓘ
includesDialectCluster Nyanja dialect cluster ⓘ
Sena dialect cluster ⓘ
linguisticFeature closely related Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Africa ⓘ
macroFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
namedAfter Sena and Nyanja languages ⓘ
partOf Guthrie classification of Bantu languages ⓘ
proposedBy Malcolm Guthrie ⓘ
subBranch Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
subFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
subgroupOf Bantu languages ⓘ
timeOfProposal mid-20th century ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
usedIn African language classification ⓘ
comparative Bantu linguistics ⓘ
writingSystemsUsed Latin script ⓘ

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Sena–Nyanja languages → linguisticClassification → Zone N (Guthrie classification) ⓘ