Yemba language
E599031
Yemba language is a major Bantu-related Grassfields language spoken primarily by the Bamileke people in western Cameroon.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bamileke language
ⓘ
Bantu-related language ⓘ Grassfields language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bamileke Dschang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bamileke Yemba NERFINISHED ⓘ Dchang NERFINISHED ⓘ Dschang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
Bible translation
ⓘ
education (local primary level, in some programs) ⓘ literacy programs ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticGroup | Yemba ethnic group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yemb1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | ybb ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch | Atlantic-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageGroup | Benue-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubgroup |
Bantoid
ⓘ
Eastern Grassfields NERFINISHED ⓘ Grassfields NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
SVO word order language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationStatus | partially standardized ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangeredStatus | relatively vigorous at community level ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | some other Bamileke varieties ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Bamileke languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West-Central Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Bamileke people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yemba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Bantoid language
ⓘ
Eastern Grassfields language NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo language ⓘ Southern Bantoid language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local media ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practice ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.