Mpongwe

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Mpongwe is a Bantu language variety spoken primarily in Gabon, recognized as one of the main dialects of the Myene language cluster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language variety
Myene dialect
dialect
branch Northwest Bantu NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Enenga NERFINISHED
Galoa NERFINISHED
Nkomi NERFINISHED
Orungu NERFINISHED
continent Africa
countryOfficialLanguageOf none
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mpongwe people NERFINISHED
glottologCode mpon1259
glottologName Mpongwe NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mpongwe Myene
Mpongwé NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu NERFINISHED
Proto-Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom French NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive verbal inflection
hasNounClasses multiple grammatical noun classes
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages
hasScriptDirection left-to-right
hasSpeakerCommunity coastal fishing communities in Gabon
urban migrants in Libreville
hasStandardizationLevel partially standardized orthography
hasSyntacticFeature noun class agreement
hasTone tonal language
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
isDialektOf Myene NERFINISHED
iso639-3Code mye
languageFamily Bantu NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
languageStatus minority language in Gabon
partOf Myene language cluster NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Estuaire Province NERFINISHED
coastal Gabon
regionallyImportantIn Libreville area NERFINISHED
spokenIn Gabon NERFINISHED
subclassOf Bantu language
usedByReligion Christian communities in Gabon
usedFor daily communication within Mpongwe communities
traditional oral literature
usedInEducation informal community-based teaching
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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mye hasDialect Mpongwe
subject surface form: Myene