Belhare language
E572264
The Belhare language is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken by the Belhare community in eastern Nepal.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kiranti language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | split alignment with ergative features ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Eastern Kiranti branch (often classified) ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested Kiranti language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Athpare language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chintang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakkha language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
linguistic fieldwork studies ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Belhare people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | belh1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Belhare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | ergative–absolutive tendencies ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Athpahariya (sometimes treated as separate)
ⓘ
Belhare proper ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ evidentiality distinctions ⓘ inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tone or pitch-accent-like contrasts (as described for some Kiranti languages) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | byw ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polypersonal agreement ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Belhare community ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | a few thousand ⓘ |
| primaryWordFormation | suffixation ⓘ |
| region | eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| researcher |
Balthasar Bickel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yvonne Schiering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shiftTendency | language shift towards Nepali ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Dhankuta District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koshi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Belhare community ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
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