Yamphu language
E572262
The Yamphu language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Yamphu ethnic community in eastern Nepal.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kiranti language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Kiranti peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested Kiranti language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yamphu ethnic community ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yamphe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yamphu-Yamphe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lelemi dialect
ⓘ
Tomyang dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamphe dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamphu (proper) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
ⓘ
pronominalization on verbs ⓘ rich case marking ⓘ tone-less or weak tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
grammatical description
ⓘ
lexicon ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ybi ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Kiranti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Bantawa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limbu language ⓘ Yakkha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUsage | oral communication ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yamphu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nepal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language shift to Nepali ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verbal agreement ⓘ verb-final word order ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Yamphu community in Bhojpur District
ⓘ
Yamphu community in Sankhuwasabha District ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral narratives and folklore of Yamphu people
ⓘ
traditional rituals of Yamphu people ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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