Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
language family
|
| gptkbp:classification |
gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
|
| gptkbp:controls |
gptkb:Latin_alphabet
Arabic_script |
| gptkbp:cultural_heritage |
community initiatives
ongoing efforts community-based programs |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
on neighboring languages
on regional dialects |
| gptkbp:cultural_significance |
important for identity
|
| gptkbp:culturalHeritage |
highly diverse
government support in some countries |
| gptkbp:culturalSignificance |
folklore
literature music and dance oral traditions |
| gptkbp:features |
noun class system
agglutination |
| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
Bantu_migrations
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Bantu languages
|
| gptkbp:influence |
local languages
|
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Niger-Congo
in_several_African_countries with_Indo-European_languages with_Khoisan_languages with_Nilotic_languages |
| gptkbp:language_of_instruction |
over 500 languages
taught in schools subgroup_of_Niger-Congo |
| gptkbp:languageOfInstruction |
some languages are endangered
|
| gptkbp:members |
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
over 200 million
|
| gptkbp:officialLanguage |
gptkb:Swahili
gptkb:Zulu Shona Xhosa compound words cultural references idiomatic expressions metaphors proverbs regional variations tonal languages Kikuyu subject-verb-object order loanwords from other languages syntactic complexity phonetic diversity similes in media and broadcasting in literature and arts in daily communication prefixes and suffixes in religious practices verb morphology reduplication morphological richness semantic nuances concord systems pragmatic aspects |
| gptkbp:phonology |
various regional dialects
|
| gptkbp:providesResourcesFor |
various linguistic studies
|
| gptkbp:region |
Sub-Saharan Africa
|