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.
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.