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Also known as Lozi language, loz

lingua sotho-tswana

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Sotho–Tswana
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Wikimedia language code
loz
indigenous to
Southern Province
number of speakers, writers, or signers
600000
topic's main category
Category:Lozi language
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Article · Italiano

La lingua lozi (nome nativo siLozi), anche conosciuta come rotse, è una lingua sotho-tswana parlata in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia e Zimbabwe.

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