Buli

E917982

Buli is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in northern Ghana by the Builsa people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Buli canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur language
Voltaic language
language
alternateName Buili
Buli (Gur language)
linked to: Buli language
belongsToMacroFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
continent Africa
country Ghana
ethnicGroup Builsa
glottologName Buli (Ghana)
hasEthnologueEntry Buli
hasGlottocode buli1254
hasISO639-3Code bwu
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tone language
hasNativeSpeakersRegion Builsa traditional area
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
vowel length distinctions
isSpokenAs native language
languageFamily Gur languages
Niger–Congo languages
region Upper East Region of Ghana
spokenBy Builsa people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ghana
northern Ghana
subfamily Northern Gur
usedFor local administration in Builsa areas
oral tradition
religious practice in Builsa communities
usedIn Builsa District
Sandema
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.