Kisukuma language

E532703

Kisukuma is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Sukuma people in northwestern Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kisukuma language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Sukuma language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kinyamwezi ⓘ
Nyamwezi language ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sukuma people ⓘ
glottocode suku1259 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kisukuma ⓘ
Sukuma ⓘ
Sukuma language ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers millions ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialect Bujashi ⓘ
Gwe ⓘ
Ikinyamwezi (closely related) ⓘ
Kanda ⓘ
Ngoreme ⓘ
Nyamamba ⓘ
Simba ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinativeMorphology ⓘ
nounClassSystem ⓘ
toneLanguage ⓘ
hasGuthrieCode F.21 ⓘ
F.22 ⓘ
F.23 ⓘ
F.24 ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 99-AUS-m ⓘ
isMajorLanguageOf northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
iso639-3Code suk ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
region Geita Region ⓘ
Mwanza Region ⓘ
Shinyanga Region ⓘ
Simiyu Region ⓘ
spokenBy Sukuma people ⓘ
spokenIn Tanzania ⓘ
northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
Northeast Bantu languages ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Bantu
usedAlongside English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Swahili language ⓘ
usedFor localAdministration ⓘ
music ⓘ
oralTradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
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.

Narrow Bantu → includes → Kisukuma language ⓘ
Kisukuma → hasAlternativeName → Kisukuma language ⓘ