Ghomalaʼ

E133374

Ghomalaʼ is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bamileke people in western Cameroon.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ghomalaʼ canonical 2
Ghomala 1
Ghomáláʼ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
human language
belongsTo Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family

Southern Bantoid languages
continent Africa
country Cameroon
ethnicity Bamileke people
surface form: Bamileke
glottologCode ghom1258
glottologName Ghomalaʼ self-link
hasAlternativeName Bafoussam language
Ghomalaʼ
surface form: Ghomala

Ghomalaʼ
surface form: Ghomáláʼ
hasDialects Bamendjou dialect
surface form: Bafoussam dialect

Baham dialect
Bameka dialect
Bamendjou dialect
Bamougoum dialect
Bandjoun dialect
Bangang dialect
Bansoa dialect
Bapa dialect
Bapi dialect
Batié dialect
Bamendjou dialect
surface form: Bawoujoun dialect

Bayangam dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
noun class system
hasStandardizationEfforts orthography development in Cameroon
languageCodeISO639-3 bbj
languageFamily Bantu languages
surface form: Bantu
linguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
region Grassfields
spokenBy Bamileke people
surface form: Bamileke of Bafoussam area

Bamileke people
spokenIn Cameroon
spokenInRegion West Region (Cameroon)
surface form: West Region of Cameroon
subfamily Grassfields
surface form: Grassfields Bantu
subgroup Bamileke languages
usedFor cultural practices
local trade
oral tradition
usedIn local radio broadcasts in West Cameroon
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Cameroon recognizedLanguage Ghomalaʼ
Ghomalaʼ hasAlternativeName Ghomalaʼ
this entity surface form: Ghomala
Ghomalaʼ hasAlternativeName Ghomalaʼ
this entity surface form: Ghomáláʼ
Ghomalaʼ glottologName Ghomalaʼ self-link