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Balanta language

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Balanta (or Balant) is a group of two closely related Bak languages of West Africa spoken by the Balanta people. [1]

17 relations: Article (grammar), Atlantic–Congo languages, Bak languages, Balanta people, Bible, Elementary school, Guinea-Bissau, Literacy, National language, Noun class, Oio Region, Orthography, Prefix, Senegal, Suffix, The Gambia, West Africa.

Article (grammar)

An article (with the linguistic glossing abbreviation) is a word that is used with a noun (as a standalone word or a prefix or suffix) to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.

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Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bak languages

The Bak languages are a group of typologically Atlantic languages of Senegal and Guinea Bissau linked in 2010 to the erstwhile Atlantic isolate Bijago.

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Balanta people

The Balanta (Guinea-Bissau Creole and Portuguese: balanta;; lit. “those who resist” in Balanta) are an ethnic group found in Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

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Elementary school

Elementary school is a school for students in their first school years, where they get primary education before they enter secondary education.

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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (República da Guiné-Bissau), is a sovereign state in West Africa.

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Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

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National language

A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with people and the territory they occupy.

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Noun class

In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns.

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Oio Region

Oio is a region in Guinea-Bissau.

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Orthography

An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Senegal

Senegal (Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa.

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Suffix

In linguistics, a suffix (sometimes termed postfix) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.

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The Gambia

No description.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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Balant language, Balanta languages, Balanta-Ganja, Balanta-Ganja language, Balanta-Kentohe, Balanta-Kentohe language, Balante, Balante language, Blip language, Ganja language (Senegal), ISO 639:bjt, ISO 639:ble.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanta_language

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