Kunama

E108778

Nilo-Saharan language language

Kunama is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Kunama people in western Eritrea and adjacent parts of Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
belongsTo	Kunama languages ⓘ surface form: Kunama language group
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Kunama people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Baza ⓘ Kunama ⓘ surface form: Kunama-Baza
hasDialects	Barka Kunama ⓘ Barka Kunama ⓘ surface form: Bitama Kunama Kunama self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ilit Kunama Kunama self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lakatakura-Kunama Marda Kunama ⓘ Tika Kunama ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
hasGlottocode	kuna1268 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	kun ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch	descriptive grammars ⓘ lexicographic studies ⓘ
hasMorphologyType	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone language ⓘ
hasScriptHistory	Latin-based orthography developed in 20th century ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf	none ⓘ
languageBranch	Kunama branch ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageStatus	minority language ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Afar ⓘ Bilen ⓘ Nara ⓘ Saho ⓘ Tigre ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ
primaryUsage	daily communication among Kunama people ⓘ
region	adjacent parts of Ethiopia ⓘ western Eritrea ⓘ
spokenBy	Kunama people ⓘ
spokenByPopulation	tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ
spokenIn	Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
usedByReligion	local Christian communities ⓘ local traditional religions ⓘ
usedIn	education at local level (limited) ⓘ local media (limited) ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eritrea → recognizedNationalLanguage → Kunama ⓘ

Eastern Sudanic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kunama ⓘ

Gash‑Barka → hasEthnicGroup → Kunama ⓘ

subject surface form: Gash-Barka

Gash‑Barka → languageUsed → Kunama ⓘ

subject surface form: Gash-Barka

Kunama people → autonym → Kunama ⓘ

Kunama → hasDialects → Kunama self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ilit Kunama

Kunama → hasDialects → Kunama self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakatakura-Kunama

Kunama → hasAlternativeName → Kunama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kunama-Baza

Nara → neighboringLanguages → Kunama ⓘ

Gash-Barka Region → languageUsed → Kunama ⓘ