Sangu (Bantu language)

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Bantu language Niger–Congo language natural language

Sangu is a Bantu language of Central Africa, known for its noun class system and close linguistic ties to neighboring Bantu languages such as Punu.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sanga (Bantu language)	1
Sangu (Bantu language) canonical	1
Sangu (Bantu)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Punu languages ⓘ surface form: Punu language neighboring Bantu languages ⓘ
endangermentStatus	minority language ⓘ potentially endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sangu people ⓘ
hasDerivationalProcess	applicative verb extension ⓘ causative verb extension ⓘ reciprocal verb extension ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	SVO basic word order ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ agreement based on noun classes ⓘ grammatical gender-like noun classes ⓘ noun class system ⓘ object-verb agreement ⓘ prefixal noun marking ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ subject-verb agreement ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment	nominative-accusative ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	concord on adjectives ⓘ concord on pronouns ⓘ concord on verbs ⓘ multiple singular-plural class pairings ⓘ semantic grouping of nouns ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant-vowel syllable structure tendency ⓘ contrastive tone ⓘ
hasVerbalFeature	derivational verb extensions ⓘ tense-aspect-mood marking by affixes ⓘ
influencedBy	neighboring Bantu languages ⓘ
influences	local Bantu dialect continuum ⓘ
ISO639Status	has ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu ⓘ
linguisticArea	Northwest Bantu ⓘ surface form: Northwest Bantu area
partOfLanguageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
region	Central African forest zone ⓘ
sharesLexiconWith	Punu languages ⓘ surface form: Punu language
sharesStructuralFeaturesWith	Punu languages ⓘ surface form: Punu language
spokenIn	Central Africa ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subclassOf	Bantu languages of Central Africa ⓘ
usedBy	rural communities ⓘ
usedFor	oral communication ⓘ traditional cultural practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Punu → closelyRelatedTo → Sangu (Bantu language) ⓘ

Njebi → closelyRelatedTo → Sangu (Bantu language) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangu (Bantu)

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → containsLanguage → Sangu (Bantu language) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sanga (Bantu language)