Hayu language

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The Hayu language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Hayu ethnic group in eastern Nepal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
endangered language
language
alternativeName Hayu
Vayu NERFINISHED
Wayu
classificationStatus well-attested
continent Asia
country Nepal
documentationStatus limited
endangermentCause language shift to Nepali
ethnicGroup Hayu people NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
glottologCode vayu1240
hasBasicVocabularySource Sino-Tibetan roots
hasCaseMarking postpositional
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasGlottologEntry yes
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment
hasNumberDistinction singular-plural
hasPersonMarking on verbs
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone-less
hasSpeakerCommunity Hayu villages in Ramechhap District
Hayu villages in Sindhuli District
hasTypologicalProfile head-final
hasWordOrder SOV
influencedBy Nepali language
ISO639-3 vay
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
macroArea Himalayan region
morphologyType agglutinative
neighboringLanguage Nepali language
region Bagmati Province NERFINISHED
Ramechhap District NERFINISHED
Sindhuli District NERFINISHED
spokenBy Hayu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nepal NERFINISHED
eastern Nepal
status threatened
vulnerable
subfamily Kiranti languages NERFINISHED
subjectOfStudy Himalayan linguistics
Kiranti comparative studies
usedAsSecondLanguage Nepali language NERFINISHED
writingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED

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Kiranti languages hasMember Hayu language