Lomwe

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Lomwe is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mozambique and Malawi by the Lomwe people.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lomwe canonical 2
Cilomwe 1
Malawi Lomwe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Chuwabu
Makhuwa
continent Africa
country Malawi
Mozambique
ethnicGroupAssociated Lomwe people
glottologCode lomw1238
glottologName Lomwe
hasAlternativeName Cilomwe
linked to: Lomwe

Echilómwe
Elomwe
hasDialect Lomwe of Milange
Malawi Lomwe
linked to: Lomwe

Mozambique Lomwe
linked to: Lomwe
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive verb morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Chewa
linked to: Chichewa

Makonde
Sena
Yao
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
iso639-3Code ngl
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantu languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageOf Lomwe folktales
Lomwe traditional songs
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
noun class language
primaryStatus living language
region Northern Mozambique
linked to: northern Mozambique

Southern Malawi
spokenBy Lomwe people
spokenIn Malawi
Mozambique
standardizedOrthography partially developed in Mozambique
subfamily Makhuwa languages
usedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
usedIn education at local level in parts of Mozambique
religious activities in Lomwe communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Lozi nativeName Silozi
linked to: Lomwe
Lomwe glottologName Lomwe
Lomwe hasDialect Malawi Lomwe
linked to: Lomwe
Lomwe hasDialect Mozambique Lomwe
linked to: Lomwe
Lomwe hasAlternativeName Cilomwe
linked to: Lomwe