Lendu language

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The Lendu language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Lendu people in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lendu language canonical 2
Lendu grammar 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
Nilo-Saharan language
language
belongsTo Central Sudanic languages
surface form: Central Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan
continent Africa
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
ethnicGroup Lendu people
geneticAffiliation Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
hasAlternativeName Balendu
Lendu-Bale
Lendu-Bali
hasEthnicPopulation Lendu people of Ituri
hasEthnologueEntry Lendu-Bale
surface form: Lendu
hasGlottocode lend1245
hasISO6393Code led
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
hasSpeakerCommunity Ituri Province
surface form: Ituri region
hasSubject Lendu language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lendu grammar

Lendu lexicon
Lendu phonology
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isMinorityLanguageIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
isPrimaryLanguageOf Lendu people
isSpokenAs native language
isUsedIn daily communication
local trade
traditional culture
isUsedOrallyMoreThanInWriting true
languageFamily Central Sudanic
macroArea Central Africa
neighboringLanguages Alur language
Hema language
Ngiti language
region Ituri Province
Ituri Province
surface form: Ituri highlands
spokenBy Lendu people
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
subfamily East Central Sudanic languages
surface form: Eastern Central Sudanic
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Sudanic languages hasPart Lendu language
Lendu language hasSubject Lendu language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lendu grammar