Bantu zone S

E639837

Bantu zone S is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification, comprising varieties spoken primarily in southern Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bantu zone S canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup ⓘ
linguistic classification category ⓘ
classificationSystem Guthrie Bantu classification ⓘ
family Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
hasGeneticBasis partial ⓘ
hasGeographicBasis yes ⓘ
hasSubgroup S10 ⓘ
S20 ⓘ
S30 ⓘ
S40 ⓘ
S50 ⓘ
S60 ⓘ
S70 ⓘ
S80 ⓘ
S90 ⓘ
includesLanguage Chichewa ⓘ
Chitonga (Malawi) ⓘ
linked to: Chitonga

Chiyao ⓘ
Kalanga ⓘ
Lozi ⓘ
Makhuwa ⓘ
Nambya ⓘ
Ngoni ⓘ
Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Northern Sotho ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
Sotho ⓘ
Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Southern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Sotho

Swati ⓘ
Tonga (southern Africa) ⓘ
linked to: Tonga (Zambia)

Tsonga ⓘ
Tswana ⓘ
linked to: Setswana

Venda ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
Yao ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn southern Africa ⓘ
macroFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
namedAfter Malcolm Guthrie ⓘ
partOf Guthrie classification ⓘ
region Botswana ⓘ
Eswatini ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
subgroupOf Bantu languages ⓘ

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