Majang language
E247384
The Majang language is a Surmic language of the Nilo-Saharan family spoken by the Majangir people of southwestern Ethiopia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Majang language canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilo-Saharan language
ⓘ
Surmic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Majangir people ⓘ |
| family | Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| glottologCode | maja1243 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Majang ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Majangir
ⓘ
Majeng ⓘ Lamkang ⓘ
surface form:
Möjang
Möjangir ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasDialects | minor dialectal variation ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home and community communication
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | true ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class-like gender distinctions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ subject–object–verb word order ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
implosive consonants ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities in southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mpe ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Surmic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilo-Saharan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nilo-Saharan
|
| linguisticClassificationLevel | Surmic > Majang ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| region |
Gambela Region
ⓘ
Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ
surface form:
South West Ethiopia Peoples Region
|
| riskFactor |
pressure from Amharic
ⓘ
pressure from Oromo language ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Majangir people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Ethiopia
|
| subfamily | Surmic languages ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | limited ⓘ |
| usedInMedia | limited ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | partially standardized ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shabo language