Kumaoni language
E541216
Kumaoni language is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari group spoken primarily in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kumaoni language canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Pahari language
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Garhwali language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kumaonī
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ⓘ
Kumauni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Central Kumaoni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeastern Kumaoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern Kumaoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Kumaoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Kumaoni people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kuma1273 ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ gendered nouns ⓘ honorific distinctions in pronouns ⓘ postpositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive aspiration
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ tonal or pitch accent tendencies in some dialects ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kfy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kumaon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Himachal Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Kumaon region NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Pahari languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language preservation efforts in Uttarakhand
ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folk songs
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kumaoni literature
ⓘ
regional media in Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.