Yipunu

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Yipunu is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Punu people of Gabon and neighboring regions in Central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yipunu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ
alternateName Ipunu ⓘ
Pounou ⓘ
Punu ⓘ
Yipounou ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Yipunu-related Bantu languages of southern Gabon ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Gabon ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punu people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Central Africa ⓘ
glottologCode yipu1240 ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
iso639-3Code puu ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology SVO basic word order ⓘ
macrolanguage Punu languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Yipunu dialects and related Bantu varieties in Gabon ⓘ
primaryRegion Gabon ⓘ
region Ngounié Province ⓘ
Nyanga Province ⓘ
southwestern Gabon ⓘ
spokenIn Central Africa ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
status regional language in Gabon ⓘ
subfamily Narrow Bantu ⓘ
usedBy Punu community ⓘ
usedFor cultural expression ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Punu → hasAlternativeName → Yipunu ⓘ
Punu people → language → Yipunu ⓘ
subject linked to: Yipounou