1. Family: Niger-Congo
  2. Genus: Gur

Buli (in Ghana)

WALS coordinates: 10° 30′ N, 1° 15′ W

spoken in Ghana

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Buli
Routledge:
  • Buli
Other:
ISO 639-3:

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
10A Vowel Nasalization Contrast present Phonology
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10B Nasal Vowels in West Africa four-way nasal vs. oral vowel contrast (/ṽ/ vs. /ṽː/ vs. /V/ vs. /Vː/) without nasal spreading Phonology
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81A Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO Word Order
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82A Order of Subject and Verb SV Word Order
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83A Order of Object and Verb VO Word Order
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112A Negative Morphemes Double negation Simple Clauses
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143A Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb ObligDoubleNeg Word Order
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143B Obligatory Double Negation NegVNeg Word Order
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143E Preverbal Negative Morphemes NegV Word Order
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143F Postverbal Negative Morphemes VNeg Word Order
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143G Minor morphological means of signaling negation None Word Order
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144A Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb ObligDoubleNeg Word Order
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144D The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages ObligNeg Word Order
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144F Obligatory Double Negation in SVO languages SNegVONeg Word Order
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144H NegSVO Order No NegSVO Word Order
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144I SNegVO Order Word&OnlyWithAnotherNeg Word Order
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144J SVNegO Order No SVNegO Word Order
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144K SVONeg Order OnlyWithAnotherNeg Word Order
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