Kanembu language
E749762
The Kanembu language is a Saharan language spoken primarily in Chad by the Kanembu people, closely related to the Tebu languages and used historically in the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Saharan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Kanuri language (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dazaga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tebu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tedaga language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | no official status in Chad ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kanembu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Saharan languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bilala-Kanembu (in some sources)
ⓘ
Kanem NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanembu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect | Old Kanembu ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
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noun classes absent ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kane1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | kbl ⓘ |
| hasScriptVariant | Kanembu Ajami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedAs |
administrative language of the Kanem-Bornu Empire
ⓘ
literary language in the Kanem-Bornu Empire ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedIn | Kanem-Bornu Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Classical Kanuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Islamic scholarship in the Lake Chad region ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Nilo-Saharan macro-area (proposed)
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Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Kanem Region (Chad)
NERFINISHED
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Lac Region (Chad) NERFINISHED ⓘ western Chad ⓘ |
| religionAssociated | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kanembu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Chad region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kanuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Chadian Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Islamic religious texts
ⓘ
Quranic commentaries ⓘ local administration (historically) ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Ajami script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.