Sena–Nyanja languages

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The Sena–Nyanja languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Malawi, Mozambique, and neighboring regions of southeastern Africa.

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Sena–Nyanja languages canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language subgroup
areCloselyRelated each other
areMutuallyIntelligibleToDegree high
arePartOf Southeast Bantu subgroup
areUsedFor daily communication
areUsedIn education (in some areas)
local media (in some areas)
glottologCode sena1269
glottologName Sena–Nyanja
hasMemberLanguage Chichewa
Chikunda
Chinyanja
linked to: Nyanja

Korekore dialect cluster
linked to: Korekore dialect

Kunda language
Mang’anja
Nsenga language
Nyungwe language
Podzo language
Sena language
Tonga language (Malawi)
Tumbuka language
linked to: Tumbuka
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Benue–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo
linguisticClassification Zone N (Guthrie classification)
primaryRegion Lake Malawi region
Lower Zambezi valley
linked to: Zambezi Valley
shareFeature cognate basic vocabulary
similar phonological systems
similar verbal morphology
spokenIn Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
border areas of Tanzania
southeastern Africa
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantu languages
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
agglutinative morphology
noun class system
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Sena languageBranch Sena–Nyanja languages