Bijago language
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The Bijago language is an Atlantic Niger-Congo language spoken by the Bijagó people of Guinea-Bissau.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedReligion |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ traditional Bijagó beliefs ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | Atlantic branch of Niger-Congo ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bijagó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bidyogo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bijagó NERFINISHED ⓘ Bijogo NERFINISHED ⓘ Bissagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bubaque dialect
ⓘ
Canhabaque dialect ⓘ Orango dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Uno dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | descriptive grammars and phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Creole of Guinea-Bissau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
prefixal noun classes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasal vowels
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunityType | island community ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | bjg ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Atlantic ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Balanta language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepel language ⓘ |
| primaryDomain | oral tradition ⓘ |
| region |
Bijagós Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal Guinea-Bissau ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bijagó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Atlantic-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Atlantic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | mostly SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication in the Bijagós Islands
ⓘ
traditional rituals of the Bijagó people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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