Angami language
E644027
Angami language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Angami Naga people in Nagaland, India, known for its rich oral traditions and complex tonal system.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| altName |
Angami Naga language
ⓘ
Gnamei NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngami ⓘ Tengima NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenyidie NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsoghami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chokri language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pochuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Angami Naga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex tonal system ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ verb-final word order ⓘ |
| glottocode | anga1313 ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | true ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | moderate ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Chakhro dialect
ⓘ
Khonoma dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Kohima dialect ⓘ Southern Angami dialects ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition | modern written literature and hymnals ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicTone | true ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Kohima Angami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | small ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Tenyidie orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | njm ⓘ |
| isTonal | true ⓘ |
| languageOf | Angami Nagas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
minority language in India
ⓘ
regional language ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Angami Naga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Kohima district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Angami–Pochuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca among Angami villages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
church activities
ⓘ
education in Angami areas ⓘ local administration in Angami regions ⓘ |
| writingSystemBase | Roman alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.