Kabye language

E267643

Gur language Niger–Congo language language

Kabye language is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Togo and parts of neighboring West African countries by the Kabye people.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kabye language canonical	2
Kabre language	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gur language ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternateName	Kabiye ⓘ Kabiye ⓘ surface form: Kabiyè Kabye ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea	Africa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gurma language ⓘ surface form: Gurma languages Tem language ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus	recognized national language of Togo ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kabye people ⓘ
hasDialects	northern Kabye ⓘ southern Kabye ⓘ
hasGlottocode	kabi1260 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Kabiye ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	kbp ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Ewe ⓘ surface form: Ewe language French ⓘ Hausa language ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch	described in grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment	nominative–accusative ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	over 1 million speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ nasal consonants ⓘ tone distinctions ⓘ
hasStandardization	orthography developed in 20th century ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
nativeName	Kabiye ⓘ surface form: Kabɩyɛ
primaryRegion	northern Togo ⓘ
regionOfUse	Kara Region, Togo ⓘ Plateaux Region of Togo ⓘ surface form: Plateaux Region, Togo
spokenIn	Benin ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Togo ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Gur languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Gurunsi languages Gur languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class system ⓘ tone language ⓘ
usedBy	Kabye diaspora communities ⓘ
usedFor	oral literature ⓘ radio broadcasting in Togo ⓘ religious practice ⓘ
usedInEducation	non-formal education programs in Togo ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Gur languages → hasMemberLanguage → Kabye language ⓘ

Kabiye → altName → Kabye language ⓘ

Southern Gur languages → hasLanguage → Kabye language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabre language