West African languages

E4201

language group linguistic area

West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
West African languages canonical	22

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language group ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ
areSpokenIn	Benin ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ surface form: Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Liberia ⓘ Mali ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ Togo ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
includesFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Adamawa-Ubangi languages Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Atlantic languages ⓘ Atlantic-Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue-Congo languages Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Chadic languages Gur languages ⓘ Kru languages ⓘ Kwa languages ⓘ Mande languages ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ Songhay languages ⓘ
includesLanguage	Akan ⓘ Bambara ⓘ Ewe ⓘ Fon ⓘ Fula ⓘ Ga ⓘ Ga-Dangme ⓘ Hausa ⓘ Igbo ⓘ Krio ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ Wolof ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
influenced	African American Vernacular English ⓘ Atlantic creoles ⓘ Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ Caribbean creoles ⓘ Guinea-Bissau Creole ⓘ Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ surface form: Gullah Haitian Creole ⓘ Jamaican Patois ⓘ Papiamento ⓘ Sranan Tongo ⓘ
influencedAspect	grammar of Atlantic and Caribbean creoles ⓘ phonology of Atlantic and Caribbean creoles ⓘ vocabulary of Atlantic and Caribbean creoles ⓘ
majorFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger-Congo languages
region	West Africa ⓘ
typologicalFeature	ATR vowel harmony ⓘ SVO word order ⓘ noun class systems ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ tone ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Haitian Creole → hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Sranan Tongo → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Antillean Creole → hasSubstrateLanguage → West African languages ⓘ

Caribbean Spanish → influencedBy → West African languages ⓘ

Jamaican Patois → hasSubstrate → West African languages ⓘ

Louisiana Creole → hasInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Vincentian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Fernando Po Krio → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Fernando Po Krio → hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Forro → hasSubstrate → West African languages ⓘ

Saramaccan language → hasSubstrateLanguage → West African languages ⓘ

Maio Creole → influencedBy → West African languages ⓘ

Gullah → hasLinguisticSubstrate → West African languages ⓘ

Bahamian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Kouri-Vini → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Kouri-Vini → hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Patois → hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom → West African languages ⓘ

Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor) → influencedBy → West African languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Multicultural London English

Antiguan Creole English → influencedBy → West African languages ⓘ

Guyanese Creole → hasLanguageAncestor → West African languages ⓘ

Miskito Coast Creole English → hasSubstrate → West African languages ⓘ

Kriol → hasInfluenceFromLanguage → West African languages ⓘ