Munji
E230686
Munji is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Munji people in the remote Munjan Valley of northeastern Afghanistan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Munji canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Yidgha ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Munji people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Munjani
ⓘ
Munjani ⓘ
surface form:
Munjaniwar
Munjani ⓘ
surface form:
Munjī
|
| hasCaseSystem | multiple grammatical cases ⓘ |
| hasGenderSystem | grammatical gender ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | munj1242 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | mnj ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
postpositional language
ⓘ
subject–object–verb word order ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Dari Persian
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| hasMorphologyType | fusional ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | a few thousand ⓘ |
| hasNumberSystem | singular and plural ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | mainly oral with limited written use ⓘ |
| hasTenseAspectSystem | past vs non-past distinction ⓘ |
| hasVitalityTrend | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| isSpokenInValleyOf | Munjan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Iranian
ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian
|
| linguisticBranch | Eastern Iranian ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Hindu Kush ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
geographic isolation
ⓘ
language shift to Dari Persian ⓘ small speaker population ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Munji people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form:
Badakhshan Province
Munjan Valley ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Eastern Iranian languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.