Kisan language

E407558

Kisan language is a lesser-known North Dravidian language spoken primarily by tribal communities in eastern India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kisan language canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
North Dravidian language
language
country India
endangermentCause language shift to Hindi
language shift to Odia
language shift to Sadri
family Dravidian languages
surface form: Dravidian language family
hasAlternativeName Kisaan
Kisan Dravidian
Nageshiya
Nagesia
hasSpeakersIn Gumla district
Jashpur district
Jharsuguda district
Raigarh district
Sambalpur district
Simdega district
Sundargarh district
isDistinctFrom Kurukh
surface form: Kurukh language

Odia
surface form: Odia language

Sadri language
languageStatus endangered language
minority language
linguisticArea East-Central India
South Asia
region Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Orissa
surface form: Odisha

West Bengal
spokenBy Kisan people
tribal communities
spokenIn India
eastern India
subfamilyOf North Dravidian languages
subjectOf descriptive linguistic studies
language documentation efforts
typologicalFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
usedAs community language
home language
usedIn folk songs
oral tradition
rituals
writingSystem Devanagari script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Odia script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Dravidian languages hasMember Kisan language