Degema language

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The Degema language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Degema people in Rivers State, Nigeria, and is part of the Edoid branch.

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Label Occurrences
Degema language canonical 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edoid language
Niger–Congo language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
branchOf Edoid branch
closelyRelatedTo Edo language
Engenni language
Epie language
coordinateWith other Edoid languages
country Nigeria
ethnicity Degema people NERFINISHED
family Niger–Congo
glottologName Degema
hasAlternativeName Atala
Degema Edoid
hasDialects Degema Town Degema
Usokun Degema
hasGlottocode dege1244
hasISO639-3Code deg
hasNounClassSystem true
hasTonalPhonology true
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars
morphosyntactic studies
phonological studies
languageFamily Niger–Congo
linguisticArea Niger Delta linguistic area
primaryWordOrder SVO
region Niger Delta
spokenBy Degema people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nigeria
Rivers State
subclassOf Edoid languages
Niger–Congo languages
subfamily Atlantic–Congo
Edoid
usedIn everyday communication in Degema communities
local religious practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Edoid languages hasMemberLanguage Degema language
Edoid hasMember Degema language