Biafada

E934533

Biafada is a West Atlantic language spoken primarily by the Biafada people of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beafada 2
Biafada canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic–Congo language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
West Atlantic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToGroup West Atlantic languages ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic languages
classificationStatus well-attested ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Biafada people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Beafada ⓘ
linked to: Biafada

Bedfola ⓘ
Biafada language ⓘ
Biafar ⓘ
hasCodeStandard ISO 639-3 ⓘ
hasDomain everyday communication ⓘ
hasGlottologCode biaf1241 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Biafada ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Balanta ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
Papel ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity rural areas of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Creole Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
ISO639-3 bif ⓘ
isSpokenNear Balanta-speaking areas ⓘ
Mandinka-speaking areas ⓘ
isUsedIn traditional cultural contexts ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Niger–Congo ⓘ
locatedIn southern Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
macroFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
primaryUsage community language ⓘ
region Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Biafada people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic language ⓘ
usedBy Biafada ethnic group ⓘ
usedIn oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Gabu Region → hasEthnicGroup → Beafada ⓘ
linked to: Biafada
Biafada → hasAlternativeName → Beafada ⓘ
linked to: Biafada
Biafada → hasGlottologName → Biafada ⓘ