Simple Browser : Welcome guest : log in
Home |  Graph |  ]  KB:  Language:   

Formal Language: 



Sigma KEE - KabyleGroupLanguage
KB Term: 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
kabyle group language
The KabyleGroupLanguage consists solely of the KabyleLanguage (a NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Relationships      
Parents northern afro asiatic language A NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage is one of a group of 17 closely related AfroAsiaticLanguages found in North Africa and the Middle East.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Instanceskabyle languageThe KabyleLanguage is a NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage (a KabyleGroupLanguage) of Algeria. SIL code: KYL. ISO 639-2: kab. Population: 2,537,000 or more in Algeria (1995), 8% of the population. Estimates by some sources are up to 6,000,000 in Algeria (1998). Population total all countries: 3,074,000 or more. Region: Grande Kabylie Mt. range, western Kabylia. Also spoken in Belgium, France. Dialects: GREATER KABYLE, LESSER KABYLE. Comments: French is often used by men in trade and correspondence. Arabic is also used as second language. Kabyle is used in the home and market. Speakers have pride in Kabyle and resistance to Arabic. The name 'Kabyle' is reported by some sources to derive from the Arabic word for 'tribesman', 'qabila'. Patrilineal and patrilocal. Roman script. Mountain slope. Peasant agriculturalists: olives, figs, pomegranates, peaches, apricots, pears, plums, vegetables. Muslim, secular, Christian. NT 1901-1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)


Show simplified definition with tree view
Show full definition (without tree view)
Show full definition (with tree view)


Sigma web home      Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) web home
Sigma version 3.0 is open source software produced by Articulate Software and its partners