Fongbe
E663925
Fongbe is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Benin and neighboring West African countries.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gbe language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aja language
ⓘ
Ewe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gun language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | fonn1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Fon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Fon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fon-gbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Abomey Fongbe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Agbome Fongbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotonou Fongbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Porto-Novo Fongbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | taught in some Beninese schools ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | analytic language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
isolating morphology tendencies ⓘ noun class remnants ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasNotableResearcher |
Enoch Aboh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hilda Koopman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrthographyType | phonemic orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony (partial)
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffortBy | Benin government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| influenced |
Gullah language (lexical items)
ⓘ
Haitian Vodou ritual lexicon ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-1 | fon ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | fon ⓘ |
| majorityLanguageIn | southern Benin urban areas ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily | Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Southern Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Gbe languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in parts of Benin ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Fon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
music and song
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.