Bantu language spoken in Zambia and DRC
Lala-Bisa |
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Biza-Lala |
Native to | Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Region | Central province/northern province |
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Native speakers | 350,000 in Zambia (2010)[1] unknown but smaller number in DRC |
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Language family | |
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Dialects | - Ambo (Mbo)
- Luano
- Swaka
- Bisa (Ichibisa, Wiza)
- Lala (Ichilala)
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | leb |
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Glottolog | lala1264 |
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| M.51–53,521–522 [2] |
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Lala-Bisa is a Bantu language of Zambia that is closely related to Bemba.
Swaka dialect is divergent, and sometimes classified as a separate language (Nurse 2003). Maho (2009) lists Biisa (Wisa), Lala, Ambo, Luano, and Swaka as distinct languages, with Ambo and Luano closest to Lala.
References
- ^ Lala-Bisa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Languages of Zambia
Official language | |
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Regional languages | |
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Indigenous languages | |
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Sign languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
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Zone J* | [J]D40 | |
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[J]D50 | |
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[J]D60 | |
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[J]E10 | |
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[J]E20 | |
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[J]E30 | |
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[J]E40 | |
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[J]F20 | |
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Zone K | |
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Zone L | |
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Zone M | M10 | |
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M20 | |
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M30 | |
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M40 | |
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M50 | - M51 Biisa
- M52 Lala
- M53 Swaka
- M54 Lamba
- M55 Seba
- [M521 Ambo
- M522 Luano
- M541 Lima
- M542 Temba
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M60 | |
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
- Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
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- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)
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