Mewahang language
E572272
The Mewahang language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Mewahang Rai people of eastern Nepal.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kiranti language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Athpare language
ⓘ
Bantawa language ⓘ Chamling language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dumi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kulung language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thulung language ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mewahang Rai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mewahang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mewahang Khambu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mewahang Rai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Newahang NERFINISHED ⓘ Newahang Rai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Mewahang Rai culture ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
head-marking language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
number marking on verbs ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mew ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Kiranti languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Kiranti branch of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| region | eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Mewahang Rai people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nepal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Kiranti language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ verb-final word order ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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