Supyire
E917984
Supyire is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in southern Mali, known for its tonal system and classification within the Senufo branch of the Voltaic (Gur) languages.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language
ⓘ
Senufo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Supyire Senoufo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClassificationNote | classified within Senufo branch of Gur (Voltaic) languages ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | described in works by Jeffrey Heath ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Supyire people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | supy1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | spp ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | regional language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
subject–object–verb word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Mamara Senoufo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miniyanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Shempire Senoufo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasal consonants ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Sikasso Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Ivory Coast (minority presence) ⓘ southwestern Burkina Faso (minority presence) ⓘ |
| hasScriptUsage | used in literacy projects ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | Senufo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTonalSystem |
grammatical tone
ⓘ
lexical tone ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isPartOf | Senufo macrolanguage continuum ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Gur languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Senufo branch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
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