Ubangian

E178353

Ubangian is a proposed branch of the Niger-Congo (sometimes considered an independent) language family spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ubangian canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Niger–Congo languages
language family
proposed language family
alternativeClassification independent language family
classificationStatus controversial
disputed within Niger–Congo
estimatedNumberOfLanguages about 60
geographicRegion Central Africa
hasGlottocode uban1244
hasISOCode IETF language family tag ubangian
hasReferenceWork Gordon 2005 Ethnologue classification
Williamson and Blench 2000 Niger–Congo overview
hasSubgroup Baka languages
Banda languages
Gbaya languages
Kpatili languages
Mba languages
Ngbaka language
surface form: Ngbaka languages

Ngbandi language
surface form: Ngbandi languages

Sere–Mba languages
Zande languages
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology in many languages
rich noun class or gender-like systems in some branches
tone used lexically and grammatically
linguisticTypology mostly SVO word order
majorLanguage Banda-Linda
surface form: Banda

Gbaya
Ngbandi
Sango
Zande
namedAfter Ubangi-Shari
surface form: Ubangi River region
neighboringLanguageFamilies Adamawa–Ubangi languages
surface form: Adamawa languages

Bantu languages
surface form: Bantu

Central Sudanic
notableLinguaFranca Sango
partOf Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family
primaryCountry Central African Republic
researchField African linguistics
spokenIn Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
Sudan
timeOfProposal 20th century
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ubangian
Description of subject: Ubangian is a proposed branch of the Niger-Congo (sometimes considered an independent) language family spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and neighboring regions.

Referenced by (2)

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