Ghotuo language

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Ghotuo language is a South-Central Edoid language spoken by the Ghotuo people in Edo State, southern Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ghotuo language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edoid language
Niger–Congo language
South-Central Edoid language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
continent Africa
country Nigeria
endonym Ghotuo
ethnicGroup Ghotuo people
glottologCode ghot1238
glottologName Ghotuo
hasAlternativeName Otuo
linked to: Otuho
hasAncestor Proto-Edoid language
linked to: Edoid languages
hasDomain home communication
local culture
oral tradition
hasLinguisticClassification Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Niger > Edoid > North-Central > South-Central
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Edo language
Esan language
Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
nasal consonants
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
tone language
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria
ISO639-3Code gho
isPartOf Atlantic–Congo languages
Edoid languages
Niger–Congo language family
Volta–Niger languages
languageFamily Edoid
namedAfter Ghotuo people
primaryLocation Otuo town
Owan East Local Government Area
region Edo State
southern Nigeria
spokenBy Ghotuo people
spokenIn Edo State
Nigeria
southern Nigeria
linked to: Southern Nigeria
subfamily South-Central Edoid
usedBy Ghotuo community
usedIn local religious practices
traditional ceremonies
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.

Edoid languages hasMemberLanguage Ghotuo language
Edoid hasMember Ghotuo language