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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Koman languages canonical 6
Komo language 4
Koman language family 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

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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.

Nilo-Saharan languages hasSubfamily Koman languages
Nilo-Saharan languages hasSubfamily Koman languages
this entity surface form: Kunama language group
Shabo language (proposed) neighboringLanguages Koman languages
subject surface form: Shabo language
Nilo-Saharian hasSubgroup Koman languages
Nilo-Saharian phylum hasSubfamily Koman languages
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
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
Proto-Koman ancestorOf Koman languages
Proto-Koman ancestorOf Koman languages
this entity surface form: Komo language
Koman hasAlternativeName Koman languages
Colleen Ahland hasResearched Koman languages
this entity surface form: Komo language
Colleen Ahland hasResearched Koman languages
this entity surface form: Koman language family