Comorian (Shikomori)

E783935

Comorian (Shikomori) is a Bantu language spoken in the Comoros archipelago, closely related to Swahili and used in several regional varieties across the islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Comorian (Shikomori) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
alternateName Comorian ⓘ
Shikomori ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
country Comoros ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Comorian language ⓘ
Comorian language ⓘ
Shikomori ⓘ
hasDialect Shimaore ⓘ
Shimwali ⓘ
linked to: Chimwiini

Shindzuani ⓘ
Shingazidja ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3Code swb ⓘ
wlc ⓘ
wni ⓘ
zdj ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf Comoros ⓘ
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
partOf Swahili macrolanguage group (broadly classified) ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
spokenIn Comoros ⓘ
Comoros archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Comoros

Mayotte ⓘ
spokenOn Anjouan ⓘ
Grande Comore ⓘ
Mayotte ⓘ
Mohéli ⓘ
status national language of Comoros ⓘ
subfamily Sabaki languages ⓘ
usedAlongside Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
usedIn radio broadcasting in Comoros ⓘ
religious education in Comoros ⓘ
writingTradition Ajami (Arabic-based) script ⓘ
linked to: Ajami script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

East African languages → includesLanguage → Comorian (Shikomori) ⓘ
East African languages → hasCreoleInfluenceOn → Comorian (Shikomori) ⓘ