Kabiye

E209614

Kabiye is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Togo and recognized as one of the country's major national languages.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kabiye canonical 6
Kabiyè 2
Kabɩyɛ 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Niger–Congo language
language
altName Kabiye
surface form: Kabiyè

Kabye
surface form: Kabiyé

Kabye
Kabye language
belongsTo Gur languages
surface form: Gurma branch of Gur languages
country Togo
ethnicGroup Kabye people
glottocode kabi1260
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDomain literature in Togo
local administration in northern Togo
hasFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
hasOrthography standardized orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
vowel harmony
hasRegulator Togolese Ministry of Education
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-2Code kbp
ISO639-3Code kbp
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
neighboringLanguages Dagbani
Ewe
Tem
recognizedAs national language of Togo
region West Africa
script Latin alphabet
spokenIn Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
spokenPrimarilyIn northern Togo
subfamily Gur
subgroup Gurma language
surface form: Gurma languages
usedAs lingua franca in parts of northern Togo
usedFor education in Togo
radio broadcasting in Togo
religious activities in Togo
usedIn primary education in northern Togo
writingStandardDeveloped 20th century

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Referenced by (9)

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

Togo nationalLanguage Kabiye
Kabiye altName Kabiye
this entity surface form: Kabiyè
Kabye language nativeName Kabiye
this entity surface form: Kabɩyɛ
Kabye language alternateName Kabiye
this entity surface form: Kabiyè