Ngambay language
E615477
The Ngambay language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad and neighboring regions, serving as a major lingua franca among several ethnic groups.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ngambai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngambay Sara NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Ngambay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mbay language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sar language NERFINISHED ⓘ other Sara languages ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | recognized national language of Chad ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
northern Ngambay
ⓘ
southern Ngambay ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Ngambay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | ngam1269 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | sba ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification | Bongo–Bagirmi branch of Central Sudanic ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
analytic
ⓘ
isolating ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| isLinguaFrancaIn |
Logone River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Sudanic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Logone region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Chad ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Central Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cameroon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Sara languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedAsSecondLanguageBy | many non-Ngambay ethnic groups in Chad ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Ngambay people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sara people NERFINISHED ⓘ various ethnic groups in southern Chad ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
interethnic communication
ⓘ
local administration ⓘ religious activities ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedInMedium | radio broadcasting in Chad ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sara language