Yakkha language

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Yakkha language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Yakkha people of eastern Nepal and classified within the Kiranti branch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
country Nepal
endangermentCause language shift to Nepali
ethnicGroup Yakkha people NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan
hasAlignmentType ergative-absolutive
hasAlternativeName Yakha NERFINISHED
Yakkhaba NERFINISHED
Yakkwa NERFINISHED
hasCaseMarkers ergative
genitive
instrumental
locative
hasDocumentationType dictionary
grammar
text collections
hasDomain folklore
oral tradition
ritual practices
hasGlottocode yakk1235
hasISO639-3Code ybh
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
inclusive-exclusive distinction in pronouns
person marking on verbs
rich case system
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNumberOfConsonants over 20
hasNumberOfVowels around 5 to 7
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported variably)
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
hasPronounSystem first person inclusive-exclusive contrast
isPartOf Kiranti language group NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo other Eastern Kiranti languages
isSpokenBy Yakkha community NERFINISHED
isSpokenIn Bhojpur District NERFINISHED
Dhankuta District NERFINISHED
Province No. 1, Nepal NERFINISHED
Sankhuwasabha District NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars
linguistic fieldwork in Nepal
languageStatus vulnerable
nativeSpeakers several thousand
region eastern Nepal NERFINISHED
subfamily Kiranti NERFINISHED
usedAs home language in Yakkha communities
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED

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Kiranti languages hasMember Yakkha language