Malto language
E400184
Malto is a Dravidian tribal language spoken primarily by the Malto (Paharia) people in eastern India, known for its close relationship to Kurukh and its endangered status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malto language canonical | 5 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ tribal language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kurukh
ⓘ
surface form:
Kurukh language
|
| endangermentStatus |
definitely endangered
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| family | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Malto
ⓘ
Paharia ⓘ Rajmahal Paharia ⓘ Paharia ⓘ
surface form:
Sauria Paharia
|
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Malto traditional religion
ⓘ
oral folklore and songs ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticGroup |
Mal Paharia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kumarbhag Paharia
Mal Paharia ⓘ Paharia ⓘ
surface form:
Sauria Paharia
|
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 | mjt ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ verb-final syntax ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasScriptStatus | primarily oral ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | scheduled tribe language in India ⓘ |
| sharesSubgroupWith |
Kurukh
ⓘ
surface form:
Kurukh language
|
| spokenBy |
Malto people
ⓘ
Paharia people ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | India ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Assam
ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ Chhattisgarh ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
surface form:
Odisha
West Bengal ⓘ |
| subfamily |
North Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Dravidian languages
|
| subjectToLanguageShiftTowards |
Bengali
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ regional Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
community life
ⓘ
home ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali script
ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.