Tani languages

E137136

Sino-Tibetan languages language subgroup

The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tani languages canonical	7
Eastern Tani languages	1
Western Tani languages	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mirish languages ⓘ
arealGroupWith	other Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeast India ⓘ
associatedWith	Adi people ⓘ Apatani ⓘ surface form: Apatani people Galo people ⓘ Mishing people ⓘ surface form: Mising people Nyishi people ⓘ Tani peoples ⓘ surface form: Tagin people
country	India ⓘ
endangeredStatus	several members vulnerable or endangered ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Tani peoples ⓘ
hasMember	Adi language ⓘ Apatani language ⓘ Nyishi language ⓘ surface form: Bangni language Bokar language ⓘ Galo language ⓘ Hill Miri language ⓘ Mishing language ⓘ surface form: Mising language Nocte language ⓘ Nyishi language ⓘ Pailibo language ⓘ Ramo language ⓘ Tagin language ⓘ Tangsa language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Tani languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Tani languages Tani languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Tani languages
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ surface form: Sino-Tibetan
morphology	agglutinative ⓘ
region	Eastern Himalayas ⓘ Kameng River ⓘ surface form: Kameng River basin Siang River ⓘ surface form: Siang River basin Subansiri River ⓘ surface form: Subansiri River basin
spokenBy	indigenous communities of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ indigenous communities of Northeast India ⓘ
spokenIn	Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ India ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ
status	mostly minority languages ⓘ
subgroupOf	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ surface form: Sino-Tibetan language family
typology	mostly SOV word order ⓘ
usedFor	local administration in some areas ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem	Bengali script ⓘ surface form: Assamese script Devanagari script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Tani languages ⓘ

Mishing people → linguisticBranch → Tani languages ⓘ

Tani languages → hasSubgroup → Tani languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Tani languages

Tani languages → hasSubgroup → Tani languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Tani languages

Proto-Sino-Tibetan → ancestorOf → Tani languages ⓘ

Miri → languageBranch → Tani languages ⓘ

Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasLanguageBranch → Tani languages ⓘ

Tibeto-Burman languages → hasSubgroup → Tani languages ⓘ

Nyishi → languageFamily → Tani languages ⓘ