Datooga language
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The Datooga language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Datooga people of north-central Tanzania, known for its complex dialect diversity and rich oral tradition.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Nilotic language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Eastern Sudanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum | Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Datooga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Barabaig language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Datoga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangati language ⓘ Tatoga language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Asimjeeg dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barabaiga dialect ⓘ Bianjida dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Buradiga dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Gisamjanga dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Isimijeega dialect ⓘ Rotigenga dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectDiversity | high ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dato1239 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Datooga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tcc ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
extensive use of tone for grammatical distinctions ⓘ rich system of noun derivation ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition | rich ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
implosive consonants
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | decreasing ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isTonalLanguage | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Arusha Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dodoma Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Manyara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinyanga Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Singida Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanzania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
north-central Tanzania ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ oral literature ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.