Supyire

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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.

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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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