Lozi

Also known as Lozi language, loz

Bantu language spoken in southern Africa

Key facts

Native to: Botswana • Namibia • Zambia
Region: Western Zambia • Zambezi Region
Native speakers: (725,000 cited 1982–2010 censuses )
Language family: Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Sotho–Tswana Lozi
Writing system: Latin (Lozi alphabet), Zambian Braille , Ditema tsa Dinoko
Recognised minority language in: Namibia , Zambia
Iso 639 2: loz
Iso 639 3: loz
Glottolog: lozi1239
Guthrie code: K.20 (K.21)
Linguasphere: 99-AUT-ef

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A Lozi speaker, recorded in Namibia.

Lozi, also known as Silozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho–Tswana branch of Zone S (S.30), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in Namibia. The language is most closely related to Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Tswana (Setswana), Kgalagari (SheKgalagari) and Sotho (Sesotho/Southern Sotho). Lozi is sometimes written as Rotse. Silozi is the endonym (the name of the language used by its native speakers).