Gorkhali
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Gorkhali is an alternative name for the Khas Kura language, an Indo-Aryan language historically associated with the Gorkha Kingdom and widely spoken in Nepal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorkhali canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Gorkha language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khas Kura ⓘ Khas language NERFINISHED ⓘ Old name of Nepali language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Garhwali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumaoni NERFINISHED ⓘ other Central Pahari languages ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Gorkha people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khas people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties across Nepal ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive aspiration in stops
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
Gorkha Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorkha region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
basis of modern standard Nepali
ⓘ
lingua franca of the Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ |
| ISO639_3 | npi ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticAncestorOf | modern standard Nepali ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Nepal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayan region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Worldwide Nepali diaspora communities ⓘ |
| standardFormOf | various Khas dialects ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | Nepali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Pahari language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNameUse | before widespread adoption of the term Nepali ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Nepali-speaking communities
ⓘ
administration of the Gorkha Kingdom ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.