Kabye

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Kabye is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Togo and parts of neighboring West African countries by the Kabye people.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kabiyé 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Niger–Congo language
language
approximateSpeakers over 1 million
belongsToMacroArea Africa NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Gurma languages
Tem language
country Togo NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Kabye people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Kabiye NERFINISHED
Kabiyè NERFINISHED
Kabye language NERFINISHED
hasDomain local administration in Togo
traditional oral literature
hasGlottocode kabi1260
hasGlottologName Kabiye NERFINISHED
hasGrammarType subject–verb–object word order
hasISO639-3Code kbp
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
hasNativeName Kabɩyɛ NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasResourceType Bible translations
literacy materials
hasStandardization orthography developed in 20th century
isOfficialLanguageOf Togo NERFINISHED
isTaughtAt University of Lomé NERFINISHED
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED
Gur
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
region Kara Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Kabye people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Benin NERFINISHED
Ghana NERFINISHED
Togo NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
northern Togo
status national language of Togo
subfamily Gurma languages
Northern Gur NERFINISHED
usedFor education in Togo
radio broadcasting in Togo
religious activities
usedIn Central Togo NERFINISHED
Kara NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kabiye altName Kabye
Kabiye altName Kabye
this entity surface form: Kabiyé