Lusei language
E575841
The Lusei language is a Kuki-Chin language of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken primarily by the Lusei (Mizo) people in northeastern India, especially in Mizoram.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuki-Chin language
ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Lusei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lushai NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Mizo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Mizo language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Lusei people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mizo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tibeto-Burman ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
clause-final particles
ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
case marking particles
ⓘ
verb agreement markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Mizo standard language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Mizoram ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
head-final syntax
ⓘ
relative clauses before head noun ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| historicalRole | basis of modern Mizo literary language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Assamese language
ⓘ
Bengali language ⓘ English language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | lus ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Central Kuki-Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Mizo oral literature
ⓘ
traditional Mizo folk songs ⓘ |
| partOf | Kuki-Chin language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mizo Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOrigin | Roman script introduced by Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kuki-Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca among some Mizo groups ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lusei community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian religious activities in Mizoram
ⓘ
education in Mizoram ⓘ literature of Mizoram ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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