Mbay language
E904328
Mbay is a Central Sudanic language of the Bongo–Bagirmi branch spoken primarily in Chad and the Central African Republic.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bongo–Bagirmi language
ⓘ
Central Sudanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Central African Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chad ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mbay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Central Sudanic ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mbay1243 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Mbay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mbaï
ⓘ
Mbaï of Chad ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Eastern Mbay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Mbay NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Mbay ⓘ |
| hasGrammarDescription | described in Central Sudanic grammatical studies ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Bongo–Bagirmi languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class-like gender distinctions ⓘ subject–object–verb word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography (limited use) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length distinctions
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| higherFamily | Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | myb ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn | villages and small towns ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Bongo–Bagirmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Bagirmi language
ⓘ
Ngambay language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDomain | human communication ⓘ |
| region |
northern Central African Republic
ⓘ
southern Chad ⓘ |
| researchField |
African linguistics
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan studies ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mbay people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
potentially vulnerable ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Bongo–Bagirmi branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local trade
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.