Degema language
E934609
The Degema language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Degema people in Rivers State, Nigeria, and is part of the Edoid branch.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edoid language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Edoid branch ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Edo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Engenni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Epie language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateWith | other Edoid languages ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Degema people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Degema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Atala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Degema Edoid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Degema Town Degema
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Usokun Degema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dege1244 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | deg ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | true ⓘ |
| hasTonalPhonology | true ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
morphosyntactic studies ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Niger Delta linguistic area ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | Niger Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Degema people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
Rivers State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Edoid languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic–Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edoid ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication in Degema communities
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.