Mwaghavul language

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The Mwaghavul language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in Plateau State, central Nigeria, by the Mwaghavul people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mwaghavul language canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Mupun–Mwaghavul subgroup ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mwaghavul people ⓘ
glottologCode mwag1236 ⓘ
glottologName Mwaghavul ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mupun–Mwaghavul (as a cluster designation) ⓘ
Mwaghavul ⓘ
Sura ⓘ
hasBiblePortionsTranslated yes ⓘ
hasDialects multiple local varieties ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasISO6393Code sur ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Berom language ⓘ
Mupun language ⓘ
Ngas language ⓘ
hasOrthography yes ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Mwaghavul people in Plateau State ⓘ
isEndangered no ⓘ
isPartOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
West Chadic branch ⓘ
linked to: West Chadic
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Chadic ⓘ
West Chadic ⓘ
linguisticArea Jos Plateau area ⓘ
linked to: Jos Plateau
primaryUsage cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
region Plateau State ⓘ
spokenBy Mwaghavul people ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ
subclassOf Chadic language ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
usedAlongside English language ⓘ
Hausa language ⓘ
linked to: Hausa
usedInEducation informal and local literacy contexts ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Angas–Sura subgroup → hasMember → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Pyapun language → neighboringLanguages → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Angas languages → hasMember → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Angas languages → areCloselyRelated → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Sura → ethnonymLanguage → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Mwaghavul people → primaryLanguage → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
subject linked to: Sura
Mangu Local Government Area → languageSpoken → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Takas → partOfLanguage → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Dugwor → subdivisionOf → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Dugwor → isVarietyOf → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Jipal → subdivisionOf → Mwaghavul language ⓘ
Mwaghavul people → language → Mwaghavul language ⓘ