Degema language

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The Degema language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Degema people in Rivers State, Nigeria, and is part of the Edoid branch.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Degema language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edoid language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
branchOf Edoid branch ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Edo language ⓘ
Engenni language ⓘ
Epie language ⓘ
coordinateWith other Edoid languages ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicity Degema people NERFINISHED ⓘ
family Niger–Congo ⓘ
glottologName Degema ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Atala ⓘ
Degema Edoid ⓘ
hasDialects Degema Town Degema ⓘ
Usokun Degema ⓘ
hasGlottocode dege1244 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code deg ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology true ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria ⓘ
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars ⓘ
morphosyntactic studies ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
linguisticArea Niger Delta linguistic area ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
spokenBy Degema people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
subclassOf Edoid languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Edoid ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication in Degema communities ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Edoid languages → hasMemberLanguage → Degema language ⓘ
Edoid → hasMember → Degema language ⓘ