Tem

E759514

Tem is a Gur language spoken primarily in Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tem canonical 6
Tem people 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
language
alternateName Kotokoli
Kotokoli Tem
Tem-Kotokoli
belongsToMacroArea Africa
countryWithLargestNumberOfSpeakers Togo
ethnicGroup Kotokoli people
family Gur languages
glottocode koto1252
glottologName Tem
hasDomain home
local administration (informal)
market
hasLanguageStatus regional language
hasOralLiterature folktales
proverbs
songs
hasSpeakersIn border regions of Benin
border regions of Ghana
central Togo
northern Togo
isIndigenousTo Togo
isMinorityLanguageIn Benin
Ghana
iso639-3Code kdh
isUsedAlongside Ewe
French
Kabiye
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo
languageGroup Gur
linguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
region West Africa
spokenIn Benin
Ghana
Togo
subfamily Eastern Gur
linked to: Central Gur
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
religious practice
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Temu nameVariant Tem
Tem glottologName Tem
Kabye people neighboringGroups Tem people
linked to: Tem
Tem language ethnicGroup Tem people
linked to: Tem
Kara Region hasEthnicGroup Tem people
subject linked to: Kara Region, Togo
linked to: Tem