Luyana

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Luyana is a Bantu language of southwestern Africa that historically served as a prestige and source language for the development of the Lozi language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Luyana canonical 2

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Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternateName Lui
Luyi
continent Africa
country Zambia
ethnicGroup Luyana people
historicalRegion Barotseland
linked to: Barotseland region
influenced Lozi language
ISO639-3 lyn
languageBranch Atlantic-Congo languages
Benue-Congo languages
Niger-Congo languages
Southern Bantu languages
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
linguisticRole lexifier for early Lozi
region southwestern Africa
relatedTo Lozi language
role prestige language for Lozi
source language for Lozi
spokenIn Western Province of Zambia
status minority language in Zambia
subFamily Zone K Bantu languages
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Lozi influencedBy Luyana
Silozi influencedBy Luyana