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.
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.