language: yao

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/yao
has gloss	eng: Yao is a Bantu language in Africa with approximately 1 million speakers in Malawi, half a million in Tanzania, and around 450,000 in Mozambique. There are also some speakers in Zambia, mainly contracted labourers who live semi-nomadically. In Malawi, the main dialect is Mangoche, mostly around Lake Malawi. In Mozambique, the main dialects are Makale and Massaninga. The language has also gone by several other names, including ChiYao, Achawa, Adsawa, Adsoa, Ajawa, Ayawa, Ayo, Ayao, Djao, Haiao, Hiao, Hyao, Jao, Veiao, and WaJao.
lexicalization	eng: Yao language
subclass of	e/Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
instance of	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages
instance of	http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Le chiyao, ou yao, est une langue bantoue parlée au Malawi, au Mozambique et en Tanzanie. En 2001, elle est parlée par près de personnes, depuis la région à l’est du lac Malawi, au nord de la rivière Lugenda dans la province de Niassa, et jusqu’aux régions frontalières entre la Tanzanie et le Mozambique.
lexicalization	fra: Chiyao
Polish
has gloss	pol: Język yao - język z rodziny bantu, używany w Malawi, Tanzanii i Mozambiku, w 2001 roku liczba mówiących wynosiła prawie 2 mln.
lexicalization	pol: Język yao
Swahili (macrolanguage)
has gloss	swa: Kiyao (au Ciyao) ni lugha ya Kibantu nchini Tanzania, Malawi na Msumbiji inayozungumzwa na Wayao.
lexicalization	swa: Kiyao