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  MunukutubaLanguage

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munukutuba language
The MunukutubaLanguage is a KongoBasedCreoleLanguage of the Congo. SIL code: MKW. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: 1,156,800 or 60% of the population (1987 SIL). Region: Mainly along roads and railroads westwards from Brazzaville and northwards to Mayoko. Comments: Close to Kituba of DRC. The main language of the south. National language. Literacy rate in first language: 5% to 10%. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Bible portions 1989.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 creole languageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 kongo based creole languageA KongoBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of a Kongo language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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