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Comorian languages

Comorian (Shikomori, or Shimasiwa, the "language of islands") is a group of four Bantu languages spoken in the Comoros Islands, an archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is one of the official languages of the Union of the Comoros in the Comorian constitution. One of them, Shimaore, is spoken on the disputed…

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Orthography

FranceShimaoreComorosBantu languageSwahili
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Bantu languagesComoros IslandsArchipelagoIndian OceanMozambique
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MoriscoSir Thomas Roe
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Dialects
Maore · Ngazidja · Mwali · Ndzwani
Ethnicity
Comorians
Glottolog
como1260
Guthrie code
G.44
ISO 639-3
Variously: zdj – Ngazidja dialect wni – Ndzwani (Anjouani) dialect swb – Maore dialect wlc – Mwali dialect
Language family
Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian · Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian · Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian · BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian · Southern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian

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Comorian languages

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples72
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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Comorian languages

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related to Shimwali · 27
Comorian languages → Bantu, Comorian, Comoros, European, However, In, Instead, Johnston, Kersten, Komoro Islands Swahili, Malagasy, Moheli, Mohella, Mohila, Morisco, On July, Ottenheimer, Shimwali, Shingazija, Sir Thomas Roe
Language family · 9
Comorian languages → Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, BantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, Comorian, Northeast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, SabakiComorian, Southern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian, Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian
Dialects · 4
Comorian languages → Maore, Mwali, Ndzwani, Ngazidja
related to Verbs · 3
Comorian languages → Although, Bantu, Comorian
related to Phonology · 2
Comorian languages → Comorian, The
Ethnicity · 1
Comorian languages → Comorians
Glottolog · 1
Comorian languages → como1260
Guthrie code · 1
Comorian languages → G.44
ISO 639-3 · 1
Comorian languages → Variously: zdj – Ngazidja dialect wni – Ndzwani (Anjouani) dialect swb – Maore dialect wlc – Mwali dialect
Native speakers · 1
Comorian languages → 800,000 in Comoros (2011) 300,000 in Mayotte (2007)

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swahili comorian language languages arabic comoros bantu shinzwani two shingazija latin alphabet letters vowel script vowels written used orthography french

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Comorian languagesDialectsMaore1.00infobox
Comorian languagesDialectsNgazidja1.00infobox
Comorian languagesDialectsMwali1.00infobox
Comorian languagesDialectsNdzwani1.00infobox
Comorian languagesEthnicityComorians1.00infobox
Comorian languagesGlottologcomo12601.00infobox
Comorian languagesGuthrie codeG.441.00infobox
Comorian languagesISO 639-3Variously: zdj – Ngazidja dialect wni – Ndzwani (Anjouani) dialect swb – Maore dialect wlc – Mwali dialect1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyNortheast Coast BantuSabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familySabakiComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesLanguage familyComorian1.00infobox
Comorian languagesNative speakers800,000 in Comoros (2011) 300,000 in Mayotte (2007)1.00infobox
Comorian languagesNative toComoros and Mayotte1.00infobox
Comorian languagesOfficial language inComoros1.00infobox
Comorian languagesRegionThroughout Comoros and Mayotte; also in Madagascar and Réunion1.00infobox
Comorian languagesWriting systemArabic Latin1.00infobox

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