Sunwar language
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The Sunwar language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Sunwar ethnic community in eastern Nepal and parts of India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunwar language canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Himalayan languages ⓘ |
| branch | Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| endangerment | threatened by shift to Nepali ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sunwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | eastern Himalayan region ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kirat Sunwar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koinch ⓘ Kõinch NERFINISHED ⓘ Mukhiya ⓘ Sunuwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicPopulation | Sunwar ethnic community ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sunu1242 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Sunwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Nepali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Kiranti languages ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | no national official status ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | suz ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Tibeto-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| primaryUsage | oral communication within Sunwar community ⓘ |
| region |
Sikkim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | primarily written in Devanagari ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Sunwar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kiranti ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sunwar cultural and religious practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.