Lamnsoʼ language

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The Lamnsoʼ language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Nso’ people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lamnsoʼ language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantoid language
Grassfields language
Niger-Congo language
language
associatedWithKingdom Nsoʼ Kingdom
country Cameroon
hasAlternativeName Lamnso
linked to: Lamnsoʼ

Nsoʼ language
Nsɔʼ
hasDomain home
local administration
market
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue: lns
linked to: Ethnologue
hasGlottocode lamn1238
hasGlottologName Lamnsoʼ
hasISO6393Code lns
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
hasNeighboringLanguage Lamso-related Grassfields languages
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
noun class system
hasStandardizationEffort orthography development in Cameroon
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger-Congo
languageGroup Southern Bantoid
languageSubbranch Benue–Congo
languageSubgroup Grassfields
primaryEthnicGroup Nsoʼ people
linked to: Nso’ people
region Bui Division
Kumbo area
linked to: Kumbo
spokenBy Nsoʼ people
linked to: Nso’ people
spokenIn Cameroon
Northwest Region of Cameroon
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation local literacy programs
usedInReligion church activities in Nsoʼ area
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Grassfields languages hasNotableLanguage Lamnsoʼ language
Ring languages hasMember Lamnsoʼ language