Bamum

one of the Benue–Congo languages of Cameroon
Intangible natural_language Q35280
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Bamum

Summary

Bamum is a natural language[1]. Bamum draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #280 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bamum is in the country of Cameroon[3].
  • Bamum's image is recorded as Shumom-text.jpg[4].
  • Bamum's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Bamum's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Bamum's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as bax[7].
  • Bamum's IdRef ID is recorded as 053478940[8].
  • Bamum's subclass of is recorded as Nun[9].
  • Bamum's writing system is recorded as Bamum script[10].
  • Bamum's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Bamum's IETF language tag is recorded as bax[12].
  • Bamum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/089bn0[13].
  • Bamum's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0162149[14].
  • Bamum's Glottolog code is recorded as bamu1253[15].
  • Bamum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Bamum-language[16].
  • Bamum's WALS lect code is recorded as bmn[17].
  • Bamum's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as bax[18].
  • Bamum's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bax', 'text': 'Shüpamom'}[19].
  • Bamum's indigenous to is recorded as Centre[20].
  • Bamum's indigenous to is recorded as East[21].
  • Bamum's indigenous to is recorded as North[22].
  • Bamum's indigenous to is recorded as West[23].
  • Bamum's indigenous to is recorded as South[24].
  • Bamum's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAX[25].
  • Bamum's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[26].
  • Bamum's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Language", "Bamun::6p6gj"][27].

Why It Matters

Bamum draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #280 of 734).[2] Bamum has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Bamum is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Atlas of Language Structures. Retrieved . wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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