Koman languages
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koman languages canonical | 6 |
| Komo language | 4 |
| Koman language family | 1 |
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Koman languages Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kunama language group
subject surface form:
Shabo language
subject surface form:
Nilo-Saharan phylum
subject surface form:
Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form:
Komo language
this entity surface form:
Komo language
this entity surface form:
Komo language
this entity surface form:
Komo language
this entity surface form:
Koman language family