Changana language

E653274

Changana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique and neighboring regions, closely related to other Tswa–Ronga varieties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Changana language canonical 3
Shangana (Changana) language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Changana ⓘ
Shangaan ⓘ
Xichangana ⓘ
Xitsonga Changana (in some sources) ⓘ
linked to: Xitsonga
closelyRelatedTo Ronga language ⓘ
Tsonga language ⓘ
Tswa language ⓘ
country Eswatini ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
family Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
GuthrieCode S.53 ⓘ
hasDomain local radio broadcasting in southern Mozambique ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Changana people ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
verb conjugation with subject markers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
typical Bantu noun class system ⓘ
hasStandardization orthographic norms based on Latin alphabet ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Tsonga language (to a high degree) ⓘ
ISO639-3 cce ⓘ
isPartOf Tswa–Ronga dialect continuum ⓘ
languageBranch Tswa–Ronga ⓘ
linked to: Tswa-Ronga
primaryCountry Mozambique ⓘ
region Gaza Province ⓘ
Inhambane Province ⓘ
Maputo Province ⓘ
southern Mozambique ⓘ
spokenIn Eswatini ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
statusInMozambique important regional language in the south ⓘ
subclassOf Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
Tswa–Ronga languages ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Bantoid
subgroup Guthrie S.50 group ⓘ
Tswa–Ronga group ⓘ
linked to: Tswa-Ronga group
usedAlongside Portuguese language ⓘ
usedBy Changana people ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tswa–Ronga languages → hasPart → Changana language ⓘ
Chopi → closelyRelatedTo → Shangana (Changana) language ⓘ
linked to: Changana language
Ronga people → linguisticRelation → Changana language ⓘ
XiRonga → sharesFeaturesWith → Changana language ⓘ