Medumba language
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Medumba is a Bantu-related Grassfields language spoken primarily by the Bamileke people in western Cameroon.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu-related language
ⓘ
Grassfields language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bamileke language cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bamileke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | medu1244 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Medumba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bamileke-Medumba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bangangte language ⓘ Medúmba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties associated with different Medumba chiefdoms ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
home communication
ⓘ
local storytelling ⓘ local trade ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | byv ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex vowel system
ⓘ
consonant contrasts typical of Grassfields languages ⓘ contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isRelatedTo |
Bantu languages of Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Bamileke languages ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ tone analysis research ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Grassfields languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Grassfields languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Western Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Bamileke people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medumba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language in Medumba-speaking communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bamileke cultural practices
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.