Sub-Saharan African languages
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
language family grouping
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| gptkbp:colonialImpact |
gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:French gptkb:German English Portuguese |
| gptkbp:feature |
agglutinative morphology
noun class systems click consonants in some languages code-switching common influence from colonial languages language shift due to urbanization multilingualism prevalent rich oral traditions subject-verb-object word order common tonal languages common |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sub-Saharan African languages
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| gptkbp:includes |
gptkb:Nilo-Saharan_languages
gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages gptkb:Khoisan_languages gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages |
| gptkbp:ISO639Codes |
many have ISO 639 codes
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| gptkbp:language |
over 1500
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| gptkbp:languagePreservationEfforts |
active in some regions
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| gptkbp:linguisticDiversity |
very high
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| gptkbp:notableLanguage |
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona gptkb:Wolof gptkb:Zulu gptkb:Amharic gptkb:Oromo Hausa Igbo Somali Swahili Yoruba |
| gptkbp:policy |
varies by country
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| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
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| gptkbp:spokenIn |
various ethnic groups in Sub-Saharan Africa
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| gptkbp:status |
many are endangered
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| gptkbp:UNESCOStatus |
many classified as endangered
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| gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:government
gptkb:literature gptkb:media education oral communication |
| gptkbp:writingSystem |
gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script indigenous scripts |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Maghrebi_Arabic
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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