Manjaku language

E605137

The Manjaku language is an Atlantic language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Manjaku people in Guinea-Bissau and neighboring West African countries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Manjaku language canonical 7
Manjack language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Mandyak ⓘ
Mandyako ⓘ
linked to: Mankanya

Manjaco ⓘ
belongsToMacroFamily Niger-Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroup Manjaku people ⓘ
family Niger-Congo ⓘ
hasContactWith Creole Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
hasDialects several local varieties in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code mfv ⓘ
hasMorphologyFeature noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonologyFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
hasSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
hasTypology mostly SVO word order ⓘ
isSpokenBy Manjaku ethnic group ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic branch ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo language family ⓘ
languageGroup Bak languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Balanta language ⓘ
Mandinka language ⓘ
Papel language ⓘ
primaryCountry Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic ⓘ
usedBy Manjaku communities in urban areas of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
usedIn traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Papel language → closelyRelatedTo → Manjaku language ⓘ
subject linked to: Papel
Jola language → closelyRelatedTo → Manjaku language ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola
Manjaku → languageSpoken → Manjaku language ⓘ
Manjack → language → Manjack language ⓘ
linked to: Manjaku language
Balanta language → neighboringLanguages → Manjaku language ⓘ
Papel language → neighboringLanguage → Manjaku language ⓘ
Manjack people → language → Manjack language ⓘ
linked to: Manjaku language
Jola languages → closelyRelatedTo → Manjaku language ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Southern Atlantic languages → hasMember → Manjaku language ⓘ