Sumi language

E644030

Sumi language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Sumi Naga people in the Indian state of Nagaland.

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Label Occurrences
Sumi language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsTo Naga branch of Sino-Tibetan
country India
ethnicGroup Sumi Naga NERFINISHED
glottocode sumi1235
hasAlternativeName Sema NERFINISHED
Sema Naga language NERFINISHED
Sema language
Sumi NERFINISHED
Sumi Naga language NERFINISHED
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands
hasCommunity Sumi-speaking community in Nagaland
hasDialects Aghunaqa variety
Zunheboto variety
hasDomain home and community communication
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone
hasStatus regional language in Nagaland
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3 nsm
isRecognizedIn Nagaland school education (as a local language)
isRelatedTo Angami language NERFINISHED
Ao language NERFINISHED
Lotha language NERFINISHED
isSpokenPrimarilyBy Sumi Naga people NERFINISHED
isUsedAlongside English in Nagaland
Nagamese creole NERFINISHED
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Nagaland NERFINISHED
region Dimapur district NERFINISHED
Northeast India
Zunheboto district NERFINISHED
script Latin alphabet
spokenBy Sema Naga people NERFINISHED
Sumi Naga people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Nagaland NERFINISHED
subfamily Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication
usedIn folklore
local churches
traditional songs

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