Mwaghavul

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Mwaghavul is a Chadic language spoken primarily by the Mwaghavul people in Plateau State, central Nigeria.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mwaghavul canonical 5
Mwagavul 1
Mwaghavul-Mupun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chadic language
language
natural language
country Nigeria
endangermentStatus vigorous use (not severely endangered)
ethnicGroup Mwaghavul people
hasAlternativeName Mwaghavul
surface form: Mwagavul

Mwaghavul
surface form: Mwaghavul-Mupun

Mwaghavul
surface form: Mwahavul

Sura
Mwaghavul
surface form: Sura-Mwaghavul
hasDialect Dugwor
Jipal
Kofyar-related varieties
Mupun
Takas
hasGlottocode mwag1236
hasISO639-3Code sur
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order
complex verb morphology
noun class-like gender distinctions
tone language
hasResourceType Bible portions translated
linguistic descriptions
literacy materials
isPartOf Plateau languages of Nigeria
isSpokenBy Mwaghavul people
isStudiedIn Chadic linguistics
languageBranch West Chadic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic

Chadic
neighboringLanguage Kofyar
Mupun
Ngas
Pyem
primaryLocation Mangu Local Government Area
Pankshin Local Government Area
region Plateau State
spokenIn Nigeria
Plateau State
Central Nigeria
surface form: central Nigeria
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
West Chadic language
usedFor Christian religious activities
everyday communication
local trade
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

West Chadic hasMajorLanguage Mwaghavul
Plateau State hasEthnicGroup Mwaghavul
Angas neighboringLanguages Mwaghavul
Mwaghavul hasAlternativeName Mwaghavul
this entity surface form: Mwaghavul-Mupun
Mwaghavul hasAlternativeName Mwaghavul
this entity surface form: Sura-Mwaghavul
Mwaghavul hasAlternativeName Mwaghavul
this entity surface form: Mwahavul
Mwaghavul hasAlternativeName Mwaghavul
this entity surface form: Mwagavul
Ron neighboringLanguages Mwaghavul
Ngas neighboringEthnicGroup Mwaghavul