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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Atlantic_languages
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Central_Atlantic
gptkb:Northern_Atlantic
gptkb:Southern_Atlantic
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gptkbp:distinctFrom
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gptkb:Atlantic–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Sigismund_Koelle
19th century
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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atla1278
52-AAA
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Mel_languages
gptkb:Bak_languages
gptkb:Bijago_languages
gptkb:Senegambian_languages
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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West Atlantic languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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alv
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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noun class system
tonal languages
complex consonant systems
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Serer
gptkb:Wolof
gptkb:Kassonke
gptkb:Balanta
gptkb:Bainouk
gptkb:Bijago
Jola
Temne
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Serer
gptkb:Wolof
Jola
Temne
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 40 million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:West_Africa
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Gambia
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Mauritania
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Guinea-Bissau
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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
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Atlantic_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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