Potou languages
E617292
Potou languages are a small group of closely related Niger–Congo languages spoken in coastal West Africa, forming one of the primary branches of the Potou–Tano family.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealContactWith |
Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kru languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Mande languages ⓘ |
| arealFeature | Kwa languages area ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established primary branch of Potou–Tano ⓘ |
| closelyRelated | each other ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| documentationLevel | limited descriptive work ⓘ |
| endangerment | some languages vulnerable ⓘ |
| family | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
adjacent coastal regions
ⓘ
southern Ivory Coast ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Potou–Tano > Potou ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
noun class remnants
ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Atlantic–Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Potou–Tano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature | serial verb constructions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kru language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Potou language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Potou proper
ⓘ
related coastal languages ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISOClassification | Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyDivision | Potou branch ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | Tano languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticBranchOf | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| partOf | Potou–Tano languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| primaryBranchOf | Potou–Tano languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Gulf of Guinea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | African linguistics ⓘ |
| scriptUsage | mainly unwritten ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith |
Kwa languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tano languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
West Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal West Africa ⓘ |
| status | minority languages ⓘ |
| studiedBy | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | tonal language ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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