Goemai

E222784

Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in central Nigeria by the Goemai people.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Goemai canonical 4
Gomai 1
Guyohkohnyo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Chadic language
West Chadic language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
country Nigeria
ethnicGroup Goemai people
hasAcademicDescription described in works by linguist Birgit Hellwig
described in works by linguist Ulrike Kleinewillinghöfer
hasAlternativeName Ankwe
Ankwei
Ankwei-Goemai
Goemay
Gomai
linked to: Goemai

Gomaiya
linked to: Gomaye

Gomaye
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasGlottocode goem1244
hasGrammar reference grammar published in the 21st century
hasISO6393Code ank
hasLexicographicWork documented wordlists and dictionaries
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic language
tone language
hasMorphologicalFeature limited inflection
hasNeighboringLanguages Mupun
Ngas
Tarok
other Plateau and West Chadic languages
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant inventory typical of West Chadic languages
contrastive tone
hasSociolinguisticStatus local language in Nigeria
isPartOf Angas–Sura group
West Chadic A branch
linked to: West Chadic
languageBranch Chadic
linked to: Chadic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageSubbranch West Chadic
region Plateau State
Shendam area
linked to: Shendam
spokenBy Goemai people
spokenIn Nigeria
central Nigeria
usedAlongside Hausa
Nigerian English
usedFor everyday communication among Goemai people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Cayuga hasEndonym Guyohkohnyo
linked to: Goemai
Angas neighboringLanguages Goemai
Goemai hasAlternativeName Gomai
linked to: Goemai