Mabia languages
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Mabia languages are a group of closely related Gur languages spoken primarily in northern Ghana and surrounding regions of West Africa.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeatureOf | Savanna belt of West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Dagaaba people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagomba people NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurunsi peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Kusasi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamprusi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mole-Dagbani peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mabia Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mabia group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ verb–subject–object word order (VSO) or subject–verb–object word order (SVO) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Birifor language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagaare language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagbani language NERFINISHED ⓘ Farefare language NERFINISHED ⓘ Frafra language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kassena language NERFINISHED ⓘ Konkomba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kusaal language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mampruli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Moore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nankani language NERFINISHED ⓘ Safaliba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisaala language NERFINISHED ⓘ Talni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Wali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| partOf | Gur language family ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Volta Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | interethnic communication in northern Ghana ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local radio broadcasting in northern Ghana
ⓘ
oral literature in northern Ghana ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.