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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Benue-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Guthrie_classification
gptkb:Malcolm_Guthrie
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gptkbp:feature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
complex tense-aspect system
concordial agreement
derivational morphology
extensive use of prefixes
noun class agreement
pronominal concord
rich verbal morphology
use of augment vowels
use of diminutives and augmentatives
use of locative classes
use of reduplication
verb inflection
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Wilhelm_Bleek
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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bant1290
bnt
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bantu languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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bnt
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gptkbp:language
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over 500
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gptkbp:linguisticCharacteristic
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tonal languages
subject-verb-object word order
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Kirundi
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Luganda
Swahili
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 200 million
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gptkbp:regionOfOrigin
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gptkb:Cameroon-Nigeria_border_area
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Atlantic-Congo_languages
gptkb:Benue-Congo_languages
gptkb:Volta-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Africa
East Africa
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gptkbp:spreadTo
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gptkb:Bantu_expansion
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:timeOfExpansion
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circa 1000 BCE to 500 CE
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gptkbp:usedFor
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gptkb:literature
gptkb:public_administration
gptkb:oral_tradition
broadcasting
education
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Brazilian_Candomblé
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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