Shyam (in some local usage)
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Shyam (in some local usage) is a local name used to refer to the Tai Khamyang language, a Tai language spoken by the Khamyang people of northeastern India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shyam (in some local usage) canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tai language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Khamyang language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shyam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Khamyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Theravada Buddhism (among many Khamyang people) ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
Sivasagar district (Assam)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tinsukia district (Assam) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Khamyang people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | villages of Assam ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
subject–verb–object basic word order
ⓘ
use of particles for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tone distinctions typical of Tai languages ⓘ |
| hasType |
analytic language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ksy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tai-Kadai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
Assamese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Southwestern Tai (often grouped) ⓘ |
| localNameFor | Tai Khamyang language ⓘ |
| macroArea | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | oral communication ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Khamti language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Ahom language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Aiton language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Phake language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts | community-based language preservation initiatives ⓘ |
| script |
Eastern Nagari script (in some local usage)
ⓘ
Latin script (in some modern documentation) ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Khamyang people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tai branch ⓘ |
| usedAs | marker of Khamyang ethnic identity ⓘ |
| usedBy | small number of speakers ⓘ |
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