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- Lozi_language abstract "Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S (S.30), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding countries. This language is most closely related to Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Tswana (Setswana), Kgalagari (SheKgalagari) and Sotho (Sesotho/Southern Sotho). Lozi and its dialects are spoken and understood by approximately six percent of the population of Zambia. Silozi is the autoglottonym or name of the language used by its native speakers as defined by the United Nations. Lozi is the heteroglottonym.The Lozi language developed from a mixture of two languages: Luyana and Kololo. The Luyana people originally migrated south from the Luba-Lunda empire in the Katanga area of the Congo River basin, either late in the 17th century or early in the 18th century. The language they spoke, therefore, was closely related to Luba and Lunda. They settled on the floodplains of the upper Zambezi River in what is now western Zambia and developed a kingdom, Barotseland, and also gave their name to the Barotse Floodplain or Bulozi.The Kololo were a Sotho people who used to live in what is now Lesotho. The Kololo were forced to flee from Shaka Zulu's Mfecane during the 1830s. Using tactics they had copied from the Zulu armies, the Kololo conquered the Luyana on the Zambezi floodplains and imposed their rule and language. However, by 1864 the indigenous population revolted and overthrew the Kololo. By that time, the Luyana language had been largely forgotten; the new hybrid language is called Lozi or Silozi and is closer to Sesotho than to any other neighbouring languages in Zambia.Lozi is also spoken in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia (Zambezi Region).".
- Lozi_language iso6392Code "loz".
- Lozi_language iso6393Code "loz".
- Lozi_language languageFamily Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages.
- Lozi_language languageFamily Bantu_languages.
- Lozi_language languageFamily Benue%E2%80%93Congo_languages.
- Lozi_language languageFamily Southern_Bantoid_languages.
- Lozi_language spokenIn Botswana.
- Lozi_language spokenIn Namibia.
- Lozi_language spokenIn South_Africa.
- Lozi_language spokenIn Zambia.
- Lozi_language spokenIn Zimbabwe.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink loz.html.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink silozi1.htm.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink lozi.htm.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink lozi.htm.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink Lozi.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink www.websters-online-dictionary.org.
- Lozi_language wikiPageExternalLink Lozi-english.
- Lozi_language wikiPageID "449596".
- Lozi_language wikiPageRevisionID "585781551".
- Lozi_language date "1982".
- Lozi_language fam Atlantic–Congo_languages.
- Lozi_language fam Bantu_languages.
- Lozi_language fam Benue–Congo_languages.
- Lozi_language fam Sotho–Tswana_languages.
- Lozi_language fam Southern_Bantoid_languages.
- Lozi_language fam Southern_Bantu_languages.
- Lozi_language familycolor "Niger-Congo".
- Lozi_language guthrie "K.20".
- Lozi_language hasPhotoCollection Lozi_language.
- Lozi_language iso "loz".
- Lozi_language lingua "99".
- Lozi_language name "Lozi".
- Lozi_language ref "e17".
- Lozi_language region "Western Zambia, Caprivi".
- Lozi_language script Latin_script.
- Lozi_language script Zambian_Braille.
- Lozi_language speakers "720000".
- Lozi_language states Botswana.
- Lozi_language states Namibia.
- Lozi_language states South_Africa.
- Lozi_language states Zambia.
- Lozi_language states Zimbabwe.
- Lozi_language title "Articles Related to Lozi language".
- Lozi_language wordnet_type synset-language-noun-1.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Languages_of_Botswana.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Languages_of_Namibia.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Languages_of_South_Africa.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Languages_of_Zambia.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Languages_of_Zimbabwe.
- Lozi_language subject Category:Sotho-Tswana_languages.
- Lozi_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Lozi_language type Communication100033020.
- Lozi_language type Language106282651.
- Lozi_language type LanguagesOfBotswana.
- Lozi_language type LanguagesOfNamibia.
- Lozi_language type LanguagesOfSouthAfrica.
- Lozi_language type LanguagesOfZambia.
- Lozi_language type LanguagesOfZimbabwe.
- Lozi_language type Sotho-TswanaLanguages.
- Lozi_language type Language.
- Lozi_language type Language.
- Lozi_language type Language.
- Lozi_language type InformationEntity.
- Lozi_language comment "Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S (S.30), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding countries. This language is most closely related to Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Tswana (Setswana), Kgalagari (SheKgalagari) and Sotho (Sesotho/Southern Sotho).".
- Lozi_language label "Idioma lozi".
- Lozi_language label "Język lozi".
- Lozi_language label "Lingua lozi".
- Lozi_language label "Lozi (Sprache)".
- Lozi_language label "Lozi (langue)".
- Lozi_language label "Lozi language".
- Lozi_language label "Lozi".
- Lozi_language label "Língua lozi".
- Lozi_language label "Лози (язык)".
- Lozi_language label "ロジ語".
- Lozi_language sameAs Lozi_(Sprache).
- Lozi_language sameAs Idioma_lozi.
- Lozi_language sameAs Lozi_(langue).
- Lozi_language sameAs Lingua_lozi.
- Lozi_language sameAs ロジ語.
- Lozi_language sameAs Lozi.
- Lozi_language sameAs Język_lozi.
- Lozi_language sameAs Língua_lozi.
- Lozi_language sameAs m.029vch.
- Lozi_language sameAs Q33628.
- Lozi_language sameAs Q33628.
- Lozi_language sameAs Lozi_language.
- Lozi_language wasDerivedFrom Lozi_language?oldid=585781551.
- Lozi_language isPrimaryTopicOf Lozi_language.
- Lozi_language name "Lozi".