Bali Nyonga language
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The Bali Nyonga language is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken by the Bali Nyonga people of Cameroon, known for its rich oral traditions and cultural significance in the Northwest Region.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantoid language
ⓘ
Grassfields Bantu language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bali (Cameroon)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bali Mungaka ⓘ Bali Nyonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Mungaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
language of rich oral traditions
ⓘ
language of songs and chants ⓘ language of traditional storytelling ⓘ marker of Bali Nyonga identity ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
home and community communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Bali Nyonga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | bali1247 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Bali (Cameroon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | bbj ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageGroup | Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubfamily | Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubgroup |
Grassfields languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ring languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
prefixal noun classes
ⓘ
verbal extensions ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Bafut language
ⓘ
Metaʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Moghamo language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Grassfields region of Cameroon ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin script ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
bilingualism with Cameroonian Pidgin English
ⓘ
bilingualism with English ⓘ bilingualism with French ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Northwest Grassfields languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bali Nyonga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community governance
ⓘ
local cultural ceremonies ⓘ traditional religious practices ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.