Bartangi
E549724
Bartangi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken in the Bartang Valley region of Tajikistan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bartangi canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
also considered a distinct Pamir language by some linguists
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a dialect of Shughni-Rushani ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bartang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bartangic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
contrast between aspirated and unaspirated consonants ⓘ rich case system ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Persian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tajik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative tendencies
ⓘ
case marking on nouns ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition | local folklore and narratives ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | complex consonant clusters ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | btg ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Eastern Iranian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Pamir linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Rushani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shughni NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajik NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | a few thousand speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Bartang Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Iranian linguistics
ⓘ
Pamir linguistics ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticSituation |
Tajik widely used as lingua franca and in education
ⓘ
used mainly in oral communication ⓘ |
| spokenBy | bilingual speakers of Bartangi and Tajik ⓘ |
| spokenIn | villages along the Bartang River ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Pamir language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Tajik ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Bartangi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vitalityTrend | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none or limited use of a standardized script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.