Central African linguistic area
E700215
The Central African linguistic area is a region where diverse languages, including the Ubangian family, share convergent structural and phonological features due to long-term contact and diffusion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central African linguistic area canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sprachbund
ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ |
| hasCause |
intense multilingual interaction
ⓘ
long-term language contact ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
borrowed grammatical morphemes
ⓘ
complex agreement patterns ⓘ consonant harmony tendencies ⓘ grammaticalized aspect markers ⓘ grammaticalized evidentiality in some languages ⓘ grammaticalized focus markers ⓘ noun class systems ⓘ reduction of inflectional morphology in some languages ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ shared lexical items ⓘ shared morphosyntactic patterns ⓘ shared phonological patterns ⓘ tonal systems ⓘ verb-focused morphosyntax ⓘ vowel harmony tendencies ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFamily |
Adamawa languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Sudanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Gur languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubangian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
areal diffusion
ⓘ
grammaticalization ⓘ lexical borrowing ⓘ phonological borrowing ⓘ structural borrowing ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
areal convergence
ⓘ
contact-induced change ⓘ diffusion of linguistic features ⓘ language contact ⓘ multilingualism ⓘ phonological convergence ⓘ structural convergence ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Niger–Congo linguistic areas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudanic linguistic area ⓘ |
| relevantTo |
contact linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ language typology ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
African linguistics
ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ |
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