Lozi language
Bantu language spoken in southern Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lozi, also called Silozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo language family.
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Lozi | |
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Native to | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa |
Region | Western Zambia, Zambezi |
Native speakers | (725,000 cited 1982–2010 census)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Latin (Lozi alphabet) Zambian Braille | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | loz |
ISO 639-3 | loz |
Glottolog | lozi1239 |
Guthrie code | K.20 (K.21) [2] |
Linguasphere | 99-AUT-ef |
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It is spoken by the Lozi people in southwestern Zambia. It is also spoken in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Zambezi Region of Namibia.