Gun language
E617305
Gun is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Benin and neighboring regions of West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gun language canonical | 4 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gbe language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aja language
ⓘ
Ewe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Fon language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gun people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | gunn1243 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gun-Gbe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gungbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Gungbe language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Cotonou Gun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Porto-Novo Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class remnants
ⓘ
preverbal tense-aspect-mood markers ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Fon language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | guw ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Gbe dialect continuum ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | southern Benin ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cotonou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lagos State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ouémé Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Porto-Novo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | regional language in Benin ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic-Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gbe ⓘ Kwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Volta-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.