Language

Gungbe

Anaphoric markers

NameDescriptionAnswerset
1-ɖé strategyargument pronoun-RM, where RM is a root that is not distinct for reflexive and reciprocal readingsGungbeSections: Marker_shape(5), Readings(4)

2Independent Pronoun (strong form)GungbeDetails
3Independent Pronoun (weak form)GungbeSections: Pronominal_properties(9)

4Logophoric PronounLogophoric pronounGungbeSections: Marker_shape(7), Readings(4)

5Possessive PronounGungbeDetails
6bare complement interpreted reflexivelyGungbeSections: Marker_shape(3), Readings(1)

7wú + ɖé strategyinherent complement + pronoun-RMGungbeSections: Marker_shape(13), Readings(3)

Example Sentences

There are 441 example sentences.

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Language Properties

Some syntactic properties of the language

Word order
Split word order SOV-SVO

General information about the language

ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
GUW
Language name
Gungbe
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Gbe
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
Niger-Congo

Language consultant information

Consultant name
Enoch Oladé Aboh
Gender of consultant
male
Occupation
Professor, University of Amsterdam
Level of education
Ph.D.
Language biography
The languages in the consultant's home were Gungbe, Gengbe, although he grew up from age 6-13 in a Fon speaking area. These languages belong to the Gbe family with various degrees of mutual intelligibility. His primary school was exclusively francophone and he acquired English and later Spanish as secondary languages.
Learned language at age
Mother tongue
Familiarity with the language
native speaker
Formal knowledge of the grammar
specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist
Who participated in the elicitation?
Enoch Oladé Aboh and Ken Safir using the Anaphora Questionnaire.

Status of data in database

Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
Data for entered sentences is complete
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
Data for markers incomplete
CommentsA review of the data for the analytic entities would be useful because this data was collected in the early years of the project.
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
No new sentence data will be entered in the near future