Chumburung language

E617297

The Chumburung language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Chumburung people in Ghana.

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Chumburung language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language
language
alternativeName Chumbarung
Chumbuli NERFINISHED
Chumburu NERFINISHED
Kyongborong NERFINISHED
belongsToBranch North Guang NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Ghana
ethnicGroup Chumburung people NERFINISHED
family Niger-Congo NERFINISHED
hasDialects Banda Chumburung dialect
Dwan dialect
Kachibe dialect NERFINISHED
Yeji dialect
hasEthnologueEntry ncu
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
noun class system
tonal language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
vowel harmony (reported for Guang languages)
isMinorityLanguageIn Ghana NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Gonja language
Other Guang languages
isSpokenBy Chumburung people NERFINISHED
languageCodeISO639-3 ncu
primaryLocation areas around Lake Volta in Ghana
region Volta basin NERFINISHED
northern Ghana NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ghana NERFINISHED
status local language of wider communication in its area
subfamily Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED
Guang
Kwa
Potou–Tano NERFINISHED
Tano
usedFor daily communication among Chumburung people
oral tradition
usedInEducation local literacy and religious materials (limited)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Potou–Tano languages includesLanguage Chumburung language