Kirfi

E222787

Kirfi is a West Chadic language spoken in parts of northern Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kirfi canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Kirfi people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kirfi (language) ⓘ
Kirifawa ⓘ
Kirifi ⓘ
hasContactLanguage English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
hasGlottologCode kirf1234 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Kirfi ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Bole ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Ngamo ⓘ
hasResourceType grammatical sketch ⓘ
phonological description ⓘ
wordlist ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kks ⓘ
languageBranch Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
languageSubbranch West Chadic ⓘ
primaryAreaOfUse Bauchi State ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn northern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Northern Nigeria
spokenInLocalGovernmentArea Kirfi Local Government Area ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ
usedBy Kirfi people ⓘ
usedInDomain home ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
usedInEducation informal community education ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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