Munukutuba
E249762
Munukutuba is a widely used Bantu lingua franca of the Republic of the Congo and surrounding regions, serving as a major language of trade and interethnic communication.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Munukutuba canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ natural language ⓘ trade language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kikongo ya Leta
ⓘ
Kituba ⓘ Kituba ⓘ
surface form:
Munukutuba Kituba
Munukutuba language ⓘ |
| country |
Angola
ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Kikongo ⓘ |
| developedAs | simplified variety of Kikongo ⓘ |
| glottocode | munu1244 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Kikongo
ⓘ
surface form:
Kongo language
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature | reduced noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | simple vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | subject-verb-object word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ktu ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Kikongo language cluster ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
French
ⓘ
Kikongo ⓘ |
| officialStatus |
national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ⓘ
national language of the Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | communication between speakers of different ethnic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Central Africa
ⓘ
Congo River ⓘ
surface form:
Congo River basin
Lower Congo region ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
migrant communities in Central Africa
ⓘ
urban populations in the Republic of the Congo ⓘ various ethnic groups in the Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| status |
major lingua franca in Central Africa
ⓘ
widely used in the Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| usedAs |
interethnic communication language
ⓘ
language of trade ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bas-Congo
ⓘ
surface form:
Bas-Congo region
Brazzaville ⓘ Pointe-Noire ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
commerce
ⓘ
transport ⓘ urban informal communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.