Lozi language: Difference between revisions

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'''Lozi''', also known as '''siLozi''' and '''Rozi''', is a [[Bantu language]] of the [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] language family within the [[Sotho languages]] branch of [[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone S|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 language|Tswana]] (''Setswana''), [[Kgalagadi language|Kgalagari]] (''SheKgalagari'') and [[Sotho language|Sotho]] (''Sesotho''/Southern Sotho). Lozi and its dialects are spoken and understood by approximately six percent of the population of Zambia. ''Silozi'' is the [[endonym|autoglottonym]]  or name of the language used by its native speakers as defined by the [[United Nations]]. ''Lozi'' is the [[exonym|heteroglottonym]].