Tai Phake language
E316765
The Tai Phake language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken by the Tai Phake ethnic community in parts of Northeast India, notable for its tonal system and close relation to other Tai languages of Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tai Phake language canonical | 4 |
| Phake language | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southwestern Tai language
ⓘ
Tai language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalSphere | Tai Buddhist culture ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ahom language
ⓘ
Lao language ⓘ Shan language ⓘ Thai language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Tai Phake identity ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation |
Tai Phake people
ⓘ
surface form:
Tai Phake ethnic group
|
| geographicDistribution |
Dibrugarh district
ⓘ
Tinsukia district ⓘ Upper Assam ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tai Phake language
ⓘ
surface form:
Phake language
Tai Phakhe ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | villages in Assam ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | head-initial language ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRelation | migration of Tai groups into Assam ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic morphology ⓘ phonemic tones ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | isolating language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tones
ⓘ
syllable-timed rhythm ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
home and community language among Tai Phake people
ⓘ
minority language in India ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tpk ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Tai–Kadai languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Tai–Kadai language family
|
| region |
Southeast Asia linguistic area
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeast Asia (linguistic area)
|
| relatedLanguageGroup | Northern Shan languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tai Phake people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Assam
ⓘ
India ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tai branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Southwestern Tai ⓘ |
| typologicallySimilarTo | other Southwestern Tai languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious texts
ⓘ
traditional literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Brahmic-derived script
ⓘ
Tai script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Phake language