South Munda subgroup
E593013
The South Munda subgroup is a branch of the Munda languages within the Austroasiatic family, comprising several related languages spoken primarily in eastern and central India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Munda subgroup canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Munda languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Dravidian languages
ⓘ
contact with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | many member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lexical borrowing from Dravidian languages
ⓘ
lexical borrowing from Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ numerous dialectal varieties within member languages ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Koraput Munda subgroup
ⓘ
South Munda proper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
primarily oral traditions
ⓘ
uses regional scripts for some languages ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Bonda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Didayi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorum–Gtaʼ group NERFINISHED ⓘ Gtaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ Gutob NERFINISHED ⓘ Juang NERFINISHED ⓘ Juang–Remo group NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharia–Juang group NERFINISHED ⓘ Remo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sora ⓘ Sora–Gorum group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Austroasiatic > Munda > South Munda ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austroasiatic language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Austroasiatic linguistics
ⓘ
South Asian linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous communities of eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Andhra Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Telangana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex consonant clusters in some languages ⓘ contrastive vowel length in some languages ⓘ predominantly suffixing ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Devanagari script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin script (in some linguistic descriptions) ⓘ Odia script ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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