Nsoʼ language

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The Nsoʼ language is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nsoʼ people in Cameroon’s Northwest Region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nsoʼ language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantoid language
Grassfields Bantu language
Northern Grassfields language
language
coexistsWith Cameroonian Pidgin English
English in education
French in administration
country Cameroon
hasAlternativeName Lamnsoʼ
Nsaw
linked to: Nawdm

Nso
hasCountryOfficialLanguage English
French
hasDomain education (local level)
local administration
oral literature
traditional religion
hasEthnicPopulation Nsoʼ people
linked to: Nso’ people
hasGlottocode nsox1238
hasISO6393Code lns
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tone language
hasMorphologicalFeature prefixal noun classes
verbal extensions
hasNeighboringLanguage Bamum language
Kom language
Lamnedo
Oku language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
noun class system
hasSociolinguisticStatus important marker of Nsoʼ identity
hasStandardizationEffort literacy materials
orthography development
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isPartOf Cameroonian languages
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
region Bui Division
Grassfields region of Cameroon
spokenBy Nsoʼ people
linked to: Nso’ people
spokenIn Cameroon
Northwest Region, Cameroon
subgroupOf Grassfields languages
usedBy Nsoʼ community
usedIn Nsoʼ cultural festivals
Nsoʼ traditional palace

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ring languages hasMember Nsoʼ language
Lamnsoʼ language hasAlternativeName Nsoʼ language