Róng
E558051
Róng is the endonym used by the Lepcha people to refer to their own language spoken primarily in parts of India, Bhutan, and Nepal.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rong | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lepcha language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lepcha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rong ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | eastern Himalayas ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bön NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ |
| endonymFor | Lepcha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lepcha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Rongke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rongring ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | rich consonant system ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Lepcha identity ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Ilām variety
ⓘ
Kalimpong variety ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | lepc1244 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | lep ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Bengali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal contrasts (limited) ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Sikkim variety ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | moderate vowel system ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Lepcha language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameOf | Lepcha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn | Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Lepcha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Darjeeling district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language ⓘ |
| usedByMinorityGroupIn | Sikkim, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral tradition
ⓘ
traditional Lepcha literature ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | some schools in Sikkim ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Lepcha script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.