Nsenga language

E934808

The Nsenga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Zambia and neighboring regions, closely related to other languages of the area such as Tumbuka and Chewa.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nsenga language canonical 5
Ngoni language 1
Senga language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chinsenga ⓘ
Cinsenga ⓘ
linked to: Nsenga
closelyRelatedTo Chewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Tumbuka language ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
glottologCode nsen1242 ⓘ
glottologName Nsenga ⓘ
guthrieClassification N41 ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith Chewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Tumbuka language ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology true ⓘ
iso639-3Code nse ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticArea Southeastern Bantu ⓘ
primaryCountry Zambia ⓘ
region Eastern Zambia ⓘ
Luangwa Valley ⓘ
sharesGrammarFeaturesWith Chewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Tumbuka language ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka
sharesVocabularyWith Chewa language ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa

Tumbuka language ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka
spokenBy Nsenga people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
subfamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subgroup Bantoid languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn parts of Eastern Zambia ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Tumbuka → closelyRelatedTo → Nsenga language ⓘ
Eastern Province, Zambia → hasLanguage → Nsenga language ⓘ
Ngindo language → neighboringLanguage → Ngoni language ⓘ
linked to: Nsenga language
Sena–Nyanja → hasMember → Nsenga language ⓘ
Zone N (Guthrie classification) → hasMember → Senga language ⓘ
linked to: Nsenga language