Apatani language
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The Apatani language is a Tani (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by the Apatani people of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tani language
ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Galo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nyishi language ⓘ Tagin language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Apatani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Apa Tani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apatani NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanii ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositions ⓘ |
| hasDialects | village-based varieties ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature | evidentiality distinctions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Bulla village
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutta village NERFINISHED ⓘ Hari village NERFINISHED ⓘ Hija village NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong village NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajang village NERFINISHED ⓘ Ziro town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | apt ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tani ⓘ Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Ziro Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Subansiri district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Apatani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ northeastern India ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tani languages ⓘ |
| typology | SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folklore
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apatani oral epics
ⓘ
Apatani ritual chants ⓘ Apatani traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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