Nalu

E934536

Nalu is a Niger-Congo language of the Atlantic branch spoken primarily by the Nalu people in coastal Guinea and neighboring regions of West Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Nalu canonical 2

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic language
Niger–Congo language
language
belongsToPhylum Niger–Congo
continent Africa
country Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Nalu people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Nalo
Nalou
Nalu language
hasConsonantInventory moderate
hasGlottocode nalu1238
hasGlottologName Nalu
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
hasNeighboringLanguage Fulfulde
Mandinka
Susu
hasToneSystem two-tone system
hasVowelInventory seven-vowel system
iso6393Code naj
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo
macroArea Western Africa
linked to: West Africa
region coastal West Africa
spokenBy Nalu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guinea
West Africa
coastal Guinea
subfamily Atlantic branch
usedAs vernacular language
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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