Munchi

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Munchi is an alternative name for the Tiv language, a Southern Bantoid language spoken primarily in central Nigeria.

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Label Occurrences
Munchi canonical 2

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language
natural language
alternativeNameOf Tiv language
closelyRelatedTo Jukunoid languages
country Nigeria
ethnicGroup Tiv people
hasAlternativeName Munchi
hasGlottocode tivo1239
hasGlottologName Tiv
hasISO6393Code Tiv
surface form: tiv
hasLinguisticType SVO word order language
tonal language
hasName Munchi
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox millions
languageFamily Southern Bantoid
primaryRegion central Nigeria NERFINISHED
region Adamawa State NERFINISHED
Benue State NERFINISHED
Cross River State NERFINISHED
Nasarawa State NERFINISHED
Plateau State NERFINISHED
Taraba State
spokenIn Nigeria
spokenOnContinent Africa
status major regional language in central Nigeria
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages
Bantoid languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
usedFor everyday communication
local media
oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Munchi hasAlternativeName Munchi
subject surface form: Tiv language