What is Lozi language?
{{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 languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantu languages|Southern Bantu]] |fam7=[[Sotho–Tswana languages|Sotho–Tswana]] |minority=[[Zambia]] |script=[[Latin script|Latin]] (Lozi alphabet)<br/>[[Zambian Braille]] |iso2=loz |iso3=loz |glotto=lozi1239 |glottorefname=Lozi |lingua=99-AUT-ef |guthrie=K.20 (K.21) }} '''Lozi''', also called '''Silozi''' and '''Rozi''', is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] of the [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo language family]]. It is spoken by the [[Lozi people]] in southwestern [[Zambia]]. It is also spoken in [[Zimbabwe]], [[Botswana]], and the [[Zambezi Region]] of [[Namibia]]. == History == The Lozi language comes from a mix of two languages: [[Luyana language|Luyana]] and Kololo. == Example == This is Article 1 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] in Lozi: {{quote|{{lang|loz|'''Taba ya 1:''' Batu kaufela ba pepilwe inge ba lukuluhile ni liswanelo ze swana. Ba ba ni swanelo ya ku nahana mi ba swanela ku ba ni likezo za buzwale ku mutu yo mung'wi.}}|in Lozi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=lbm1|title=OHCHR -|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref>}} {{quote|{{lang|en|'''Article 1:''' All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.}}|in English<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/|title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights|date=6 October 2015|website=www.un.org}}</ref>}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Bantu languages]] [[Category:Languages of Botswana]] [[Category:Languages of Namibia