Heiban languages
E868794
The Heiban languages are a branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areIncludedIn | Nuba Mountain languages ⓘ |
| areMinorityLanguagesIn | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Kordofanian branch (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| arePrimarilyOral | true ⓘ |
| areSometimesClassifiedAs | Kordofanian languages ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | Nuba peoples ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn | South Kordofan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn | Niger–Congo comparative linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areThreatenedBy | Arabic language shift ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| familyColor | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | heib1241 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Heiban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Abri language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ebang language ⓘ Heiban language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ko language (Heiban) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laro language NERFINISHED ⓘ Logol language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lomun language ⓘ Moreib language NERFINISHED ⓘ Otoro language ⓘ Rere language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shwai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tegem language ⓘ Tira language ⓘ Togoyo language ⓘ Werni language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Central Heiban languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Heiban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Heiban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveISO6393Code | none (individual languages only) ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationLevel | branch ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Nuba Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByEthnicGroups |
Heiban people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laro people NERFINISHED ⓘ Otoro people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tira people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | tone languages ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystems | Latin script (for some languages, limited use) ⓘ |
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