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- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages abstract "The Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a formerly postulated family of languages spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan, by a total of about 12 million people. The family was proposed by Joseph Greenberg in The Languages of Africa under the name Adamawa–Eastern as a primary branch of the Niger–Congo family, and itself divided in two branches, Adamawa (e.g. Niellim) and Ubangian (e.g. Ngbandi, on which the creole Sango is based). The closest affiliation of the Adamawa languages is widely believed to be with the Gur languages, and the unity of both the Gur and the Adamawa branch is frequently questioned. The linguist Roger Blench replaced Adamawa–Ubangi with a Savannas family, which includes Gur, Ubangian, and the various branches of Adamawa as primary nodes. Dimmendaal (2008) doubts that Ubangian is a subfamily of Niger–Congo at all, preferring to classify it as an independent family until proven otherwise.The Adamawa languages are among the least studied in Africa, and include many endangered languages; by far the largest of the nearly one hundred small Adamawa languages is Mumuye, at 400,000 speakers. A couple of unclassified languages – notably Laal and Jalaa – are found along their fringes. Ubangian languages, while nearly as numerous, are somewhat better studied; one in particular, Sango, has (in creolized form) become a major trade language of central Africa.Adamawa–Ubangi languages often have partial vowel harmony, involving restrictions on the co-occurrence of vowels in a word.As in most branches of the Niger–Congo family, noun class systems are widespread. Adamawa–Ubangi languages are notable for having noun class suffixes rather than prefixes. The noun class system is no longer fully productive in all languages.Adamawa subject pronouns (Boyd 1989) seem to have originally been along the lines of:"I": *mi or *ma"you (sg.)": *mo"you (pl.): *u, *ui, *i (+n?)The third person pronouns vary widely.In possessive constructions, the possessed typically precedes the possessor, and sentence order is usually subject–verb–object.".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages wikiPageID "95355".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages wikiPageRevisionID "603223960".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages acceptance "obsolete".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages child Adamawa_languages.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages child Ubangian_languages.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages fam Atlantic–Congo_languages.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages familycolor "Niger-Congo".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages glotto "adam1258".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages name "Adamawa–Ubangi".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages region "West and Central Africa".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages subject Category:Niger–Congo_languages.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages comment "The Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a formerly postulated family of languages spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan, by a total of about 12 million people. The family was proposed by Joseph Greenberg in The Languages of Africa under the name Adamawa–Eastern as a primary branch of the Niger–Congo family, and itself divided in two branches, Adamawa (e.g.".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Adamaua-Ubangi-Sprachen".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Adamawa–Ubangi languages".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Języki adamawa-ubangi".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Langues adamawa-oubanguiennes".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Lenguas Adamawa-Ubangui".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages label "Адамава-убангийские языки".
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Adamawa%E2%80%93Ubangi_languages.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Adamaua-Ubangi-Sprachen.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Lenguas_Adamawa-Ubangui.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Langues_adamawa-oubanguiennes.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs 아마다와우방기어.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Języki_adamawa-ubangi.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Q351533.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages sameAs Q351533.
- Adamawa–Ubangi_languages wasDerivedFrom Adamawa–Ubangi_languages?oldid=603223960.