Ho language
E199648
Ho language is an Austroasiatic language of the Munda family spoken primarily by the Ho people in eastern India, particularly in Jharkhand and Odisha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ho language canonical | 9 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
Munda language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South Asia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mundari
ⓘ
surface form:
Mundari language
Santhali ⓘ
surface form:
Santali language
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ho people ⓘ |
| family | Munda ⓘ |
| glottocode | hooo1244 ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositional case markers ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEfforts | language revitalization initiatives ⓘ |
| hasDialects | various regional dialects ⓘ |
| hasDigitalPresence |
Unicode support for Warang Citi
ⓘ
online content and social media use ⓘ |
| hasLiterature |
modern printed literature
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ |
| hasNumeralSystem | decimal ⓘ |
| hasOfficialRecognition | state-level recognition in Jharkhand (education and cultural contexts) ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicTone | no ⓘ |
| hasScriptCreator | Lako Bodra (for Warang Citi) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | hoc ⓘ |
| languageBranch | North Munda ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | eastern India ⓘ |
| scriptCreationPeriod | mid-20th century (Warang Citi) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chhattisgarh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
surface form:
Odisha
West Bengal ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of suffixes for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ho community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folktales
ⓘ
rituals and festivals ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | primary education in some schools in Jharkhand ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
community radio programs
ⓘ
local print media ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Odia script ⓘ Warang Citi script ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.