Gbaya languages

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The Gbaya languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and neighboring regions by the Gbaya people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gbaya languages canonical 5
Gbaya language 2
Buli language (Gbaya) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo languages
language group
arealFeature Ubangi-Shari
surface form: Ubangi River region
branchOf Ubangian languages
surface form: Savanna languages
endangerment some varieties vulnerable
ethnologueCode gba
glottologCode gbay1281
hasEthnicAssociation Gbaya ethnic group
hasMember Bodoe language
Bokoto language
Gbaya languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Buli language (Gbaya)

Bwaka language
Bwekar language
Gbaya-Bossangoa language
Bokoto language
surface form: Gbaya-Bozoum language

Gbaya-Mbodomo language
Kara language (Gbaya)
Suma language
Toongo language
hasSubgroup Gbaya-Bossangoa language
surface form: Eastern Gbaya

Northern Gbaya
Southern Gbaya
Western Gbaya
ISO639-3CollectiveCode gba
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
linguisticResearch subject of comparative Niger–Congo studies
neighboringLanguages Mbum languages
Sango language
Ubangian languages
population over one million speakers
primaryCountry Central African Republic
region Central Africa
spokenBy Gbaya people
spokenIn Cameroon
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
status mostly unwritten
subclassOf Adamawa–Ubangi languages
surface form: Adamawa languages

Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family
typologicalFeature noun-class-like systems (reduced)
tone languages
usedFor local trade
oral tradition
religious practice
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

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

Central Banda languages relatedTo Gbaya languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages hasNotableLanguage Gbaya languages
this entity surface form: Gbaya language
Gbaya languages hasMember Gbaya languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Buli language (Gbaya)
Ubangian hasSubgroup Gbaya languages
Ubangian languages hasSubgroup Gbaya languages
Ubangian languages hasMember Gbaya languages
this entity surface form: Gbaya language
Ngbandi language neighboringLanguages Gbaya languages