Ghotuo language

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Ghotuo language is a South-Central Edoid language spoken by the Ghotuo people in Edo State, southern Nigeria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Edoid language
Niger–Congo language
South-Central Edoid language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Nigeria
endonym Ghotuo NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ghotuo people NERFINISHED
glottologCode ghot1238
glottologName Ghotuo NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Otuo NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Edoid language NERFINISHED
hasDomain home communication
local culture
oral tradition
hasLinguisticClassification Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Niger > Edoid > North-Central > South-Central
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Edo language NERFINISHED
Esan language NERFINISHED
Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
nasal consonants
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
tone language
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code gho
isPartOf Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Edoid languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED
Volta–Niger languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Edoid NERFINISHED
namedAfter Ghotuo people NERFINISHED
primaryLocation Otuo town NERFINISHED
Owan East Local Government Area NERFINISHED
region Edo State NERFINISHED
southern Nigeria
spokenBy Ghotuo people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Edo State NERFINISHED
Nigeria
southern Nigeria NERFINISHED
subfamily South-Central Edoid
usedBy Ghotuo community NERFINISHED
usedIn local religious practices
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Edoid languages hasMemberLanguage Ghotuo language