Yakkha language
E572275
Yakkha language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Yakkha people of eastern Nepal and classified within the Kiranti branch.
Statements (50)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.