Bodish languages
E572290
Bodish languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family that includes Tibetan and related languages spoken primarily across the Himalayan region and parts of East and South Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodish languages canonical | 2 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Himalayan cultures
ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Himalayish languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Amdo Tibetan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balti NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dzongkha NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurung language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jirel language NERFINISHED ⓘ Khams Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lepcha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lhomi NERFINISHED ⓘ Manangba language ⓘ Newar language (Tibeto-Burman classification, in some proposals) ⓘ Sherpa language ⓘ Sikkimese ⓘ Tamangic languages ⓘ Thakali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan language ⓘ Tshangla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-Bodish (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| includes |
East Bodish languages
ⓘ
Tamangic languages ⓘ Tibetic languages ⓘ West Himalayish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ tonal contrasts in many varieties ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Balti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dzongkha NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladakhi ⓘ Standard Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
East Asia
ⓘ
Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Gansu NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilgit-Baltistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Himalayan region ⓘ India ⓘ Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qinghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist religious literature
ⓘ
administration in Bhutan (Dzongkha) ⓘ liturgical purposes in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed |
Devanagari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dzongkha script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.