Zone L (Guthrie classification)

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Zone L in the Guthrie classification is a group of closely related Bantu languages centered around Tshiluba and its dialects in south-central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zone L (Guthrie classification) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
Guthrie Bantu zone ⓘ
centeredAround Tshiluba and its dialects ⓘ
classificationCriterion geographic proximity ⓘ
lexicostatistical similarity ⓘ
containsLanguage Bemba ⓘ
linked to: AbaBemba

Chokwe ⓘ
Kaonde ⓘ
Lamba ⓘ
Lega ⓘ
Lega-Mwenga ⓘ
Lega-Shabunda ⓘ
Luba-Kasai ⓘ
Luba-Katanga ⓘ
Luba-Lulua ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai

Luchazi ⓘ
Luchazi-related varieties ⓘ
Luimbi ⓘ
Lunda ⓘ
Luvale ⓘ
Lwalu ⓘ
Lwena ⓘ
Mbunda ⓘ
Nkoya ⓘ
Sanga (Bantu language) ⓘ
Tshiluba ⓘ
geographicRegion Angola ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
south-central Africa ⓘ
southern Congo Basin ⓘ
hasCentralLanguage Luba-Kasai ⓘ
Tshiluba ⓘ
hasCodePattern L10–L99 ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Bemba ⓘ
linked to: AbaBemba

Chokwe ⓘ
Kaonde ⓘ
Luba-Kasai ⓘ
Luba-Katanga ⓘ
Lunda ⓘ
Luvale ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
namedAfter Malcolm Guthrie ⓘ
partOf Guthrie classification of Bantu languages ⓘ
subFamilyOf Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
usedIn comparative Bantu linguistics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tshiluba → subgroup → Zone L (Guthrie classification) ⓘ
Luba languages → partOf → Zone L (Guthrie classification) ⓘ