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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:class
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controversial
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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nilo1247
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Nilo-Saharan languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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ssa
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gptkbp:language
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over 70
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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tonal
agglutinative
complex verb morphology
noun classes (in some languages)
verb serialization (in some languages)
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Lango
gptkb:Luo
gptkb:Berta
gptkb:Kadu
gptkb:Komo
gptkb:Maban
gptkb:Songhay
gptkb:Teso
gptkb:Kuliak
gptkb:Nyimang
Dinka
Maasai
Nuer
Shilluk
Fur
Kanuri
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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approximately 50 million
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
1963
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Chad
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Niger
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:South_Sudan
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
gptkb:Khoisan_languages
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkb:Sahara
gptkb:Nile_Valley
East Africa
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Tropical_Africa
gptkb:West_African_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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