Ghomáláʼ language
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Ghomáláʼ is a major Bantu language of the Grassfields region in western Cameroon, spoken primarily by the Bamiléké people and known for its rich tonal system.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Grassfields Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bamiléké language cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bamiléké NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | ghom1258 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bamileke Ghomalaʼ
NERFINISHED
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Bamileke language (Ghomáláʼ variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bamileke-Ghomalaʼ ⓘ Ghomala NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghomalaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | multiple local varieties within Bamiléké communities ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
music and popular culture in western Cameroon
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oral tradition and storytelling among Bamiléké people ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
noun class system
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rich tonal system ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex tone patterns
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | regional lingua franca in parts of western Cameroon ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts | orthography development in Cameroon ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isMajorLanguageOf | Grassfields region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | bbj ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
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Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | West-Central Africa ⓘ |
| region | Grassfields region of western Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bamiléké people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Eastern Grassfields languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grassfields languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bamiléké communities in urban centers of Cameroon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local education in parts of western Cameroon
ⓘ
local media in western Cameroon ⓘ |
| writingSystemBasedOn | Roman alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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