Kunama branch
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The Kunama branch is a small linguistic subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan language family, encompassing the Kunama language spoken primarily in western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kunama branch canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
linguistic subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup | Kunama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | under-documented language branch ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Kunama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Kunama language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember | Kunama language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Bitama dialect (of Kunama language)
ⓘ
Ilit dialect (of Kunama language) ⓘ Kunama proper (language variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | controversial classification within Nilo-Saharan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language branch ⓘ |
| linguisticIsolation | relatively isolated within Nilo-Saharan ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Nilo-Saharan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
border areas between Eritrea and Ethiopia
ⓘ
western lowlands of Eritrea ⓘ |
| researchField |
African linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| size | small linguistic subgroup ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Eritrea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | adjacent regions of Ethiopia ⓘ |
| spokenPrimarilyIn | western Eritrea ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication within Kunama communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for Kunama language) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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