Jarawan Bantu

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Jarawan Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu-related languages spoken primarily in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon, known for their distinctive divergence from typical Bantu linguistic patterns.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jarawan Bantu canonical 11
Jarawan 2
Jarawan Bantoid 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu-related language group ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jarawan Bantu languages ⓘ
Jarawan languages ⓘ
hasClassificationIssue sometimes excluded from Bantu proper in Guthrie-style classifications ⓘ
hasContactInfluenceFrom Adamawa languages ⓘ
Chadic languages ⓘ
hasDocumentationStatus underdescribed ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus many member languages are endangered ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin likely early offshoot of Bantu expansion ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Bantu languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature divergent from typical Bantu morphology ⓘ
divergent from typical Bantu phonology ⓘ
divergent from typical Bantu syntax ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Bankal ⓘ
Bile ⓘ
Duguri ⓘ
Gwak ⓘ
Jaku ⓘ
Jarawa ⓘ
Jimi (Jarawan) ⓘ
Kulung (Jarawan) ⓘ
Kyak (Bambuka) ⓘ
Lame ⓘ
Longuda (sometimes classified) ⓘ
linked to: Longuda

Mbula-Bwazza ⓘ
Zumbun ⓘ
hasMorphologicalSimilarityWith Bantu noun class systems (partially) ⓘ
hasRegion border area of Nigeria–Cameroon ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Central Nigeria

eastern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
hasResearcher Kay Williamson ⓘ
Paul Newman ⓘ
Roger Blench ⓘ
hasTypologicalStatus peripheral Bantu-related group ⓘ
hasUncertainClassification Bantu proper vs. non-Bantu Bantoid ⓘ
spokenIn Adamawa State ⓘ
Bauchi State ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
northern Cameroon ⓘ
linked to: Northern Cameroons
studiedInDiscipline comparative Bantu studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Bantoid languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Bantoid → hasSubgroup → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Jarawan languages → hasAlternativeName → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Jarawan languages → hasAlternativeName → Jarawan Bantoid ⓘ
linked to: Jarawan Bantu
Jarawan languages → glottologClassification → Jarawan ⓘ
linked to: Jarawan Bantu
Jarawan Bantu languages → haveAlternativeName → Jarawan ⓘ
linked to: Jarawan Bantu
Jarawan Bantu languages → haveAlternativeName → Jarawan group ⓘ
linked to: Jarawan Bantu
Mbula-Bwazza → languageFamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Duguri → languageSubfamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Kulung (Jarawan) → languageFamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Gwak → languageSubfamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Bankal → languageSubfamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Kyak (Bambuka) → subclassOf → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Kyak (Bambuka) → languageFamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Zumbun → languageFamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ
Jimi (Jarawan) → languageFamily → Jarawan Bantu ⓘ