Bainuk
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Bainuk is a lesser-known Atlantic language spoken by the Bainuk people of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Bainouk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bainouk-Gunyaamalo NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainouk-Gunyaamolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainouk-Gunyaamolo dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainouk-Gunyaamolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainouk-Samik NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainounk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established as Atlantic language ⓘ |
| countryStatus |
minority language in Guinea-Bissau
ⓘ
minority language in Senegal ⓘ minority language in The Gambia ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | under-documented language ⓘ |
| dominantContactLanguage |
English in The Gambia
ⓘ
French in Senegal ⓘ Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Bainuk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bainuk of Gunyaamolo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bainuk of Kassanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Bainuk of Samik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | bain1263 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Bainounk-Gunyaamolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | bcz ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tone or pitch-based distinctions (typical of Atlantic languages) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | noun class system ⓘ |
| ISOStandard | ISO 639-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Bak languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| languageShift | speakers shifting to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| macroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Balanta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jola NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandinka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bainuk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guinea-Bissau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.