Wolane language
E806192
The Wolane language is an Afroasiatic Semitic language spoken by the Wolane people of central Ethiopia, closely related to other Gurage languages.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Semitic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| branch | South Ethiopic ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Gurage languages ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Wolane people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlignmentType | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wolane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolane Gurage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | subject–object–verb ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositional elements ⓘ |
| hasConsonantEmphasis | ejective consonants GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasGenderDistinction |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | minority language in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Gurage varieties ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType |
fusional
ⓘ
nonconcatenative ⓘ |
| hasNumberDistinction |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
gemination contrast ⓘ pharyngeal consonants ⓘ |
| hasPhylum | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligionContext | used in local Muslim communities ⓘ |
| hasTenseAspectSystem |
prefix-conjugation verbs
ⓘ
suffix-conjugation verbs ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
agreement marking on verbs
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | wle ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ethiopian Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenByPopulation | several tens of thousands of speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn | rural areas of central Ethiopia ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | daily communication within Wolane communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Gurage languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | central Ethiopia ⓘ |
| scriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Wolane people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subbranch | Gurage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Semitic ⓘ |
| usesRootAndPatternMorphology | true ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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