Myene

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Myene is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Myene people along Gabon’s Atlantic coast and recognized as one of the country’s main national languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Myènè 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
belongsToGuthrieZone B30
country Gabon NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Myene people
hasAlternativeName Myene
surface form: Myènè

Ndowe
surface form: Omyene

Omyènè
Yipounou (for some varieties)
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialects various coastal varieties in Gabon
hasGlottocode myen1243
hasISO639-3Code mye
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology
phonology
syntax
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Bantu noun class system
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable (declining intergenerational transmission)
isMinorityLanguageIn Gabon NERFINISHED
isOfficialStatusIn recognized national language in Gabon
isPartOf Gabonese languages
isTaughtIn some local schools in Gabon
isUsedIn local religious practices
oral literature
traditional songs
languageFamily Bantu languages
surface form: Bantu
primaryUsageDomain home and community
recognizedAs national language of Gabon
region Atlantic coastal region of Gabon
spokenAlong Gabon’s Atlantic coast
spokenBy Myene people
spokenIn Gabon NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Narrow Bantu
surface form: Narrow Bantu languages

Niger–Congo languages
usedAlongside French
usedFor cultural expression
oral communication

Referenced by (2)

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

Myene hasAlternativeName Myene
this entity surface form: Myènè
Gabon nationalLanguage Myene