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Kan Language (other) of Papua New Guinea
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Kan may be : *Gan Chinese, a group of Chinese varieties spoken in Jiangxi Province *Kaansa language, a Gur language of Burkina Faso *Kaan language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria *Kan, a variety of the Mbay language, a Central Sudanic language of Chad and the Central African Republic *Kan, a variety of the Guntai language Guntai, or Warta Thuntai, is a Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gan Chinese
Gan, Gann or Kan is a group of Sinitic languages spoken natively by many people in the Jiangxi province of China, as well as significant populations in surrounding regions such as Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Fujian. Gan is a member of the Sinitic languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and Hakka is the closest Chinese variety to Gan in terms of phonetics. Different dialects of Gan exist; the Nanchang dialect is usually taken as representative. Classification Like all other varieties of Chinese, there is a large amount of mutual unintelligibility between Gan Chinese and other varieties. Within the variation of Chinese dialects, Gan has more similarities with Mandarin than with Yue or Min. However, Gan clusters more with Xiang than Mandarin. Name * ''Gan'': the most common name. Also spelled ''Gann'' to reflect the falling tone of the name in Mandarin. Scholars in mainland China use ''Gan'' or ''Gan dialect.'' * ''Jiāngxīhuà'' ("Jiangxi language") is commonly used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaansa Language
Kaansa, also known as Gan (Gã), is a Gur language of Burkina Faso. A Latin script orthography with 29 letters (including extended characters) and three diacritics (the language has four tones) was developed beginning in the 1990s with the help of Stuart and Cathie Showalter, an American missionary couple. The Washington Times
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Kaan Language
Kaan, or Libo, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... References Languages of Nigeria Bambukic languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbay Language
Mbay, or Sara Mbay, is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th .... It is reported that Mbay does not have independent personal pronouns. The meaning is largely carried out by subject, object, and possessive affixes attached to verbs, prepositions, and nouns. Other words, such as ''yá̰a̰'' "thing", ''dèē'' "person", ''tàa'' "speech", and ''lòo'' "place" are used somewhat pronominally as ''something'', ''somebody'', ''something said'', and ''somewhere''.Keegan, John M. 1997. ''A Reference Grammar of Mbay''. Munich: Lincom Europa. Cited in Bhat, D.N.S. 2004. Pronouns. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 26 ReferencesThe Sara-Bagirmi Language Project -- Mbay Bongo–Bagirmi languages {{ns- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |