Berom

E289554

Berom is a Plateau language spoken predominantly by the Berom people in and around Jos in central Nigeria.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Berom canonical 20
Birom 3
Berom (Birom) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language ⓘ
Plateau language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Birom ⓘ
linked to: Berom
associatedReligion Christianity among speakers ⓘ
traditional Berom religion ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Berom people ⓘ
glottologCode bero1248 ⓘ
glottologName Berom ⓘ
hasCommunity Berom ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Berom people
hasDialects Fan dialect ⓘ
Foron dialect ⓘ
Kuru dialect ⓘ
Riyom dialect ⓘ
Ropp dialect ⓘ
Rukuba-influenced dialects ⓘ
Vwang dialect ⓘ
hasISO6393Code bom ⓘ
hasLanguageShiftPressureFrom English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars ⓘ
lexicographic studies ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
hasSVOOrder yes ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo ⓘ
linguisticClassificationLevel Plateau branch of Niger-Congo ⓘ
locality Jos and environs ⓘ
primaryCityRegion Jos Plateau ⓘ
region Central Nigeria ⓘ
spokenBy Berom people ⓘ
spokenIn Jos ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
subFamily Plateau ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication among Berom people ⓘ
usedIn traditional ceremonies of the Berom people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Jos → language → Berom ⓘ
Berom people → alsoKnownAs → Birom ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Berom language → alternativeName → Berom (Birom) ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Plateau State → hasEthnicGroup → Birom ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Ron → neighboringLanguages → Berom ⓘ
Jos Plateau → ethnicGroup → Berom ⓘ
Berom → alternateName → Birom ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Berom → glottologName → Berom ⓘ
Jos North Local Government Area → languageUsed → Berom (in parts) ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Jos → ethnicGroups → Berom ⓘ
subject linked to: Jos, Nigeria
Jos North → hasEthnicGroup → Berom ⓘ
Vwang dialect → ethnicGroup → Berom ⓘ
Turu dialect → ethnicGroup → Berom ⓘ
Gyel dialect → isSpokenAlongside → Standard Berom ⓘ
linked to: Berom
Riyom → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Berom ⓘ