Sukuma

E617029

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sukuma canonical 31

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language of Tanzania ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToMacroFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sukuma people ⓘ
hasAlternateName Kisukuma ⓘ
Kɪsukuma ⓘ
linked to: Kisukuma

Sukuma language ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Sukuma ⓘ
hasGlottologCode suku1271 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Sukuma ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code suk ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeISO639-1 (none) ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeISO639-2 suk ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNounClasses multiple grammatical noun classes ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers millions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasPrimaryArea south of Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Tanzania ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ
isMajorLanguageIn Northern Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: northern Tanzania
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Nyamwezi (partially) ⓘ
isRelatedTo Jita ⓘ
Kerewe ⓘ
Nyamwezi ⓘ
isSpokenByPopulationIn Lake Victoria region of Tanzania ⓘ
isTaughtIn primary schools in Sukuma-speaking areas (to some extent) ⓘ
isUsedAlongside Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
isUsedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
languageBranch Niger–Congo ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
languageGroup Northeastern Bantu languages ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Bantu
region Mwanza Region ⓘ
Shinyanga Region ⓘ
Simiyu Region ⓘ
spokenBy Sukuma people ⓘ
spokenIn Northern Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: northern Tanzania

Tanzania ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

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