Kumaoni
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Kumaoni is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kumaon region of India’s Uttarakhand state, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.
All labels observed (4)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Central Pahari languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Garhwali
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Nepali ⓘ
surface form:
Nepali language
|
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| family |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Kumaoni
ⓘ
surface form:
Kumaonī
Kumaoni ⓘ
surface form:
Kumauni
|
| hasDialects |
Askoti
ⓘ
Kumaon ⓘ
surface form:
Central Kumaoni
Danpur ⓘ Kumaon ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Kumaoni
Gangoli ⓘ Johari ⓘ Kali Kumaoni ⓘ Rangloi ⓘ Sorya ⓘ Western Pahari ⓘ
surface form:
Western Kumaoni
|
| hasFeature |
folk songs
ⓘ
folk tales ⓘ proverbs ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kuma1273 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | kfy ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | postpositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive aspiration ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Kumaon
ⓘ
surface form:
Kumaon region
|
| regionOfOrigin | Central Himalayas ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kumaoni people ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| spokenInDistrict |
Almora
ⓘ
surface form:
Almora district
Bageshwar district ⓘ Champawat district ⓘ Nainital ⓘ
surface form:
Nainital district
Pithoragarh ⓘ
surface form:
Pithoragarh district
Udham Singh Nagar ⓘ
surface form:
Udham Singh Nagar district
|
| spokenInRegion | Kumaon ⓘ |
| spokenInState | Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| subfamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Pahari languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maithil
this entity surface form:
Kumauni
this entity surface form:
Kumaonī