Manjaku language
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The Manjaku language is an Atlantic language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Manjaku people in Guinea-Bissau and neighboring West African countries.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Mandyak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandyako NERFINISHED ⓘ Manjaco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroFamily | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Manjaku people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactWith |
Creole Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | several local varieties in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mfv ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyFeature | noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature | contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasTypology | mostly SVO word order ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Manjaku ethnic group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Atlantic branch ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Bak languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Balanta language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Papel language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guinea-Bissau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | minority language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Atlantic ⓘ |
| usedBy | Manjaku communities in urban areas of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jola language
subject surface form:
Papel language