Eggon language

E345709

Eggon language is a Plateau language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken primarily by the Eggon people in central Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eggon language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benue–Congo language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
Plateau language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Eggon ⓘ
Egón ⓘ
Mada Eggon ⓘ
linked to: Eggon
hasConsonantInventoryType moderate ⓘ
hasDialect Eggon of Arikpa ⓘ
linked to: Eggon of Wakama

Eggon of Nassarawa-Eggon area ⓘ
Eggon of Wakama ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse home ⓘ
local markets ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasEthnicity Eggon people ⓘ
hasGlottocode eggo1241 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code ego ⓘ
hasLinguisticClassification Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Benue–Congo ⓘ
Plateau ⓘ
linked to: PLATEAU

Volta–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Volta-Congo
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPrimaryUse everyday communication within Eggon communities ⓘ
hasVowelSystemType seven-vowel system ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isSpokenAsL1 true ⓘ
isSpokenByPopulation tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies on Plateau languages ⓘ
isTonalLanguage true ⓘ
languageBranch Benue–Congo ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
languageGroup Plateau ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Alago language ⓘ
Gwandara language ⓘ
Mada language ⓘ
partOf Benue–Congo branch ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
region Nasarawa State ⓘ
spokenBy Eggon people ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ
subfamilyOf Plateau languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Eggon people → language → Eggon language ⓘ
Eggon → languageSpoken → Eggon language ⓘ
Plateau languages of Nigeria → hasMember → Eggon language ⓘ