Nsoʼ language
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The Nsoʼ language is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nsoʼ people in Cameroon’s Northwest Region.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantoid language
ⓘ
Grassfields Bantu language ⓘ Northern Grassfields language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Cameroonian Pidgin English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English in education ⓘ French in administration ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lamnsoʼ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Nso ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfficialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
education (local level)
ⓘ
local administration ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
| hasEthnicPopulation | Nsoʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | nsox1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | lns ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
prefixal noun classes
ⓘ
verbal extensions ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Bamum language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kom language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamnedo NERFINISHED ⓘ Oku language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | important marker of Nsoʼ identity ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffort |
literacy materials
ⓘ
orthography development ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Cameroonian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bui Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grassfields region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Nsoʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwest Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Grassfields languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nsoʼ community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Nsoʼ cultural festivals
ⓘ
Nsoʼ traditional palace ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.