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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Bobo
gptkb:Eastern_Mande
gptkb:Western_Mande
gptkb:Central_Mande
gptkb:Mende–Loma
gptkb:Mokole
gptkb:Samogo
gptkb:Soninke–Bozo
gptkb:Southwestern_Mande
gptkb:Vai–Kono
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gptkbp:classificationDebate
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sometimes considered outside core Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Sigismund_Koelle
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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17-16
mand1469
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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languages of ancient Mali Empire
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mande languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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dmn
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gptkbp:language
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about 70
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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SVO and SOV word order
lack of noun class system
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkb:Chad
gptkb:Gambia
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Guinea-Bissau
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Kpelle
gptkb:Loma
gptkb:Vai
gptkb:Soninke
gptkb:Susu
Bambara
Mandinka
Mende
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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approximately 30 million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Vai_syllabary
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Kpelle
gptkb:Loma
gptkb:Mandingo
gptkb:West_African_languages
gptkb:Mande_people
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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