Alagwa
E837602
Alagwa is a Cushitic language spoken by the Alagwa people of north-central Tanzania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alagwa canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cushitic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupUsers | Alagwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Alaagwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alagwaisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Waasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactWith |
Iraqw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandawe NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | linguistic descriptions by field linguists ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home
ⓘ
local cultural events ⓘ village community ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause |
formal education in Swahili and English
ⓘ
language shift to Swahili ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender distinctions in nouns
ⓘ
number distinctions in nouns ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasPhylum | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities in north-central Tanzania ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup | South Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | wbj ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | SOV word order (tendency) ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Burunge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraqw NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandawe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Dodoma Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manyoni District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Alagwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanzania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
north-central Tanzania ⓘ |
| subclassOf | South Cushitic language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local trade and interaction
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedIn | daily communication within Alagwa communities ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.