Athpare language

E572263

The Athpare language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Athpare people of eastern Nepal, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich system of person marking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
country Nepal
family Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
glottocode athp1240
hasAlternativeName Athapre NERFINISHED
Athpariya NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCaseSystem true
hasConsonantInventorySize moderate
hasFeature agreement with multiple arguments
complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment tendencies
inclusive–exclusive distinction
prefixes
rich person marking
suffixes
tone absent or non-phonemic
hasLinguisticArea Himalayan region
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polypersonal agreement
hasNumberCategories dual
plural
singular
hasPersonCategories first person
second person
third person
hasVowelInventorySize small to moderate
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
ISO639-3 aph
isPartOf Eastern Kiranti languages NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Belhare language NERFINISHED
Limbu language NERFINISHED
Yakkha language NERFINISHED
isSpokenByEthnicGroup Athpare
isUsedFor oral communication
isUsedIn community rituals
domestic domains
languageStatus vulnerable
region Dhankuta District NERFINISHED
spokenBy Athpare people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nepal NERFINISHED
eastern Nepal
subfamilyOf Kiranti languages NERFINISHED

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Kiranti languages hasMember Athpare language