Tem language

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Tem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Togo and neighboring West African countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Niger-Congo language
language
alternativeName Kotokoli NERFINISHED
Kotokoli language NERFINISHED
Temba
belongsToPhylum Atlantic-Congo languages NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Tem people NERFINISHED
family Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeEthnonym Temba people NERFINISHED
hasConsonantSystem rich consonant inventory
hasDialects Kotokoli dialects
hasGlottocode temm1240
hasGlottologName Tem NERFINISHED
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Gur languages
hasLinguasphereCode 98-AAA-bf
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasSpeakersInDiaspora Burkina Faso NERFINISHED
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
hasStatus regional language
hasTonalSystem tonal language
hasVowelSystem advanced tongue root contrast
hasWordOrder SVO
isMinorityLanguageIn Benin NERFINISHED
Ghana NERFINISHED
Togo NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 kdh
isSpokenBy Muslim communities in Togo
isSubjectOf Gur linguistics research
languageFamilyBranch Gur
macroFamily Niger-Congo NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Dagbani language NERFINISHED
Ewe language NERFINISHED
Kabiye language NERFINISHED
region Central Togo NERFINISHED
Northern Togo NERFINISHED
spokenIn Benin NERFINISHED
Ghana
Togo NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Gur languages
usedFor oral communication
usedIn community life in northern Togo
local trade
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kabye language closelyRelatedTo Tem language