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{{Infobox language | |||
|name=Lozi | |||
|states=Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa | |||
|region=Western Zambia, Zambezi | |||
|speakers=725,000 | |||
|date=1982–2010 census | |||
|ref=e18 | |||
|familycolor=Niger-Congo | |||
|fam2= Atlantic–Congo | |||
|fam3= Benue–Congo | |||
|fam4= Southern Bantoid | |||
|fam5= Bantu | |||
|fam6=Southern Bantu | |||
|fam7= Sotho–Tswana | |||
|minority=Zambia | |||
|script= Latin (Lozi alphabet)<br> Lozi Braille | |||
|iso2=loz | |||
|iso3=loz | |||
|glotto=lozi1239 | |||
|glottorefname=Lozi | |||
|lingua=99-AUT-ef | |||
|guthrie=K.20 (K.21) | |||
}} | |||
'''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]]. | '''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]]. | ||
