Zande language

E272630

The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zande language canonical 9
Zande languages 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central African language ⓘ
Ubangian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Azande language ⓘ
Zandean ⓘ
associatedWith Azande Kingdom (historical) ⓘ
belongsTo Zande language cluster ⓘ
classificationStatus generally accepted as Ubangian ⓘ
ethnicGroup Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
glottologCode zand1248 ⓘ
glottologName Zande ⓘ
hasDialects Kpatiri ⓘ
Nzakara ⓘ
Zande proper ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
noun class system (reduced compared to other Niger–Congo languages) ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasResourceType Bible translations ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
isL1Of many Azande people ⓘ
isL2Of some neighboring ethnic groups ⓘ
iso639-3Code zne ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ubangian languages ⓘ
macroArea Africa ⓘ
name Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people

Zande ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Baka (Ubangi) ⓘ
Moru ⓘ
Sango ⓘ
primaryCountry South Sudan ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
secondaryCountry Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
spokenBy Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
spokenIn Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
status widely spoken regional language in its area ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
songs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
usedIn local radio broadcasts (in some areas) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Ubangian languages → hasSubgroup → Zande languages ⓘ
linked to: Zande language
Ubangian languages → hasMember → Zande language ⓘ
Sara languages → hasMember → Zande languages ⓘ
linked to: Zande language
Ngbandi language → neighboringLanguages → Zande language ⓘ
Arabi Juba → influencedByLanguage → Zande language ⓘ
Zande → hasAlternativeName → Zande language ⓘ
Zande people → language → Zande language ⓘ
Western Equatoria State → hasLanguage → Zande language ⓘ
Nzakara → subclassOf → Zande language ⓘ
Nzakara → closelyRelatedTo → Zande language ⓘ
Azande language → subfamily → Zande languages ⓘ
linked to: Zande language