Nalu

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Nalu is a Niger-Congo language of the Atlantic branch spoken primarily by the Nalu people in coastal Guinea and neighboring regions of West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic language
Niger–Congo language
language
belongsToPhylum Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Guinea NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Nalu people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Nalo NERFINISHED
Nalou NERFINISHED
Nalu language NERFINISHED
hasConsonantInventory moderate
hasGlottocode nalu1238
hasGlottologName Nalu NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
hasNeighboringLanguage Fulfulde NERFINISHED
Mandinka NERFINISHED
Susu NERFINISHED
hasToneSystem two-tone system
hasVowelInventory seven-vowel system
iso6393Code naj
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED
languageFamily Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
macroArea Western Africa NERFINISHED
region coastal West Africa
spokenBy Nalu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guinea NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
coastal Guinea
subfamily Atlantic branch
usedAs vernacular language
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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