described in works by linguist Birgit Hellwig
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Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken in central Nigeria, notable for its complex tonal system and detailed grammatical description in modern linguistic research.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goemai | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | West Chadic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLanguageFamily | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Chadic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | works by Birgit Hellwig ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ankwe (sometimes used in older sources)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goimai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
lexical materials
ⓘ
reference grammar ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | under-documented (relative to major world languages) ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticGroup | Goemai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aspectual distinctions
ⓘ
case-marking-like functions expressed by adpositions and word order ⓘ clause-chaining constructions ⓘ clause-final particles ⓘ complex predicate structures ⓘ complex tonal system ⓘ grammaticalized focus constructions ⓘ information-structure-driven word order variation ⓘ lexical tone distinctions ⓘ morphosyntactic tone ⓘ nominal modification by relative-like constructions ⓘ pragmatically conditioned argument realization ⓘ rich grammatical description ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ specialized locative expressions ⓘ tone-based grammatical contrasts ⓘ word order constraints ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Plateau region of central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMajorGrammar | a reference grammar by Birgit Hellwig ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryDocumentationLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearcher | Birgit Hellwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
argument structure
ⓘ
clause structure ⓘ discourse structure ⓘ tone and information structure ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | everyday communication among Goemai people ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.