Language
Baatonum
Baatonum [bà:tɔ̀num] (a.k.a Bariba) is a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Department of Borgou in Benin and in the adjacent Kwara State in Nigeria.
Predicate Types
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Clause Types
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C Types
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Example Sentences
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Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SOV |
What is the predominant linear position where affixation appears?
| Language is primarily suffixing |
Definite articles
| no |
Indicate if the following clause types are or are not found in the language.
| Indicative clauses | yes |
| Infinitive clauses | no |
| Subjunctive clauses | yes |
General information about the language
ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
| bba |
Language name
| Baatonum | |
| Comments | Baatonum [bà:tɔ̀num] (a.k.a Bariba) is a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Department of Borgou in Benin and in the adjacent Kwara State in Nigeria. |
Dialect/variety reported
| Goro (commune of Tchaourou, Borgou) |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Sources consulted
| Welmers, W. E. (1952). Notes on the structure of Bariba. Language, 28(1), 82-103.
Chicago |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Yaya Yodoma |
Year of birth
| 1987 |
Gender of consultant
| male |
Occupation
| French-English Translator and Interpreter |
Level of education
| MA |
Language biography
| Goro: 1987-2001, Baatonum (home)
Tchaourou: 2001-2007, Ede Chaabe and Baatonum (home) Abomey-Calavi: 2007, French, Baatonum, Ede Chaabe (home and school) |
Learned language at age
| mother tongue |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| as speaker only, no formal knowledge |
Who participated in the elicitation?
| Tajudeen Mamadou Yacoubou (second language speaker of Baatonum, Linguist) |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is incomplete |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Not sure |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| New sentence data will be entered in the near future |