Nzema language

E617295

Nzema is a Central Tano (Potou–Tano) Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Nzema people of southwestern Ghana and southeastern Côte d’Ivoire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nzema language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Tano language
Niger-Congo language
language
closelyRelatedTo Akan language NERFINISHED
Anyin language NERFINISHED
Baoulé language NERFINISHED
Bono language NERFINISHED
countryOfficialStatus recognized Ghanaian language
ethnicGroup Nzema people NERFINISHED
glottologCode nzem1238
glottologName Nzema NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Appolo
Nzema-Appolo NERFINISHED
Nzima NERFINISHED
hasEthnologueEntry Nzema NERFINISHED
hasISO639-1Code none
hasISO639-2Code nzi
hasISO639-3Code nzi
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system
subject–verb–object word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
nasal vowels
oral vowels
hasRegionCode Africa NERFINISHED
hasStandardForm Nzema orthography based on Latin alphabet
languageBranch Tano languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED
macrolanguageRelation Akan languages continuum
primaryEthnicTerritory Nzema area of Western Region, Ghana NERFINISHED
spokenIn Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED
Ghana NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion southeastern Côte d’Ivoire
southwestern Ghana
subfamilyOf Central Tano NERFINISHED
Kwa
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED
Potou–Tano NERFINISHED
Tano NERFINISHED
usedBy Nzema communities in Côte d’Ivoire
Nzema communities in Ghana
usedFor local education in Ghana
local media in Ghana
usedIn Christian religious practice in Nzema areas
traditional Nzema religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anyin language neighboringLanguage Nzema language
Fante language hasNeighboringLanguage Nzema language
Nkroful hasLanguage Nzema language
Nzema people language Nzema language