Koman languages

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group of languages language family

The Koman languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken primarily along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border and classified within the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Komo language 2
Kunama language group 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
are closely related ⓘ
geographically contiguous ⓘ
lesser-known languages ⓘ
mutually not fully intelligible ⓘ
areIncludedIn comparative Nilo-Saharan studies ⓘ
arePartOf proposed Nilo-Saharan language family ⓘ
areRecognizedIn African language classification literature ⓘ
areSometimesGroupedWith Gumuz languages ⓘ
areSubjectOf classification debates within Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
documentationLevel limited grammatical descriptions ⓘ
limited lexical data ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Koman family ⓘ
Komuz languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchBy Colleen Ahland ⓘ
Lionel Bender ⓘ
Mauro Tosco ⓘ
haveProtoLanguage Proto-Koman ⓘ
haveSpeakerPopulation small communities ⓘ
ISO639FamilyCode kmo (family code used in some classifications) ⓘ
member Gule language ⓘ
Gwama language ⓘ
Koman proper ⓘ
Koman languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Komo language

Opuo language ⓘ
Uduk language ⓘ
region eastern South Sudan ⓘ
western Ethiopia ⓘ
spokenAlong Ethiopia–South Sudan border ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
underdescribed ⓘ
subclassOf Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature largely suffixing morphology ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
usedBy ethnic Koman groups ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Koman languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Koman languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kunama language group
Nilo-Saharian phylum → hasSubfamily → Koman languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Koman languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Koman languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Komo language
Koman languages → member → Koman languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Komo language
subject surface form: Shabo language