Phom language

E644031

Phom language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Phom Naga people in Nagaland, northeastern India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Phom language canonical 1
Phunoi language 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga language
Sino-Tibetan language
natural language
belongsTo Tibeto-Burman branch NERFINISHED
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Phom Naga NERFINISHED
glottologName Phom Naga NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Assiringia NERFINISHED
Phom Naga language NERFINISHED
hasDialects Aopao variety
Tamlu variety
Yongam variety
Yongnyah variety
hasGlottocode phom1238
hasISO639-3Code nph
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Ao language NERFINISHED
Chang language NERFINISHED
Khiamniungan language NERFINISHED
Konyak language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
hasSpeakerCommunity Longleng town NERFINISHED
Tamlu town NERFINISHED
isPartOf Naga languages NERFINISHED
isRegulatedBy Phom Baptist Church Association (for orthography and use) NERFINISHED
isSpokenNear Ao language area
Chang language area
Khiamniungan language area
Konyak language area
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Christianity NERFINISHED
region Longleng district NERFINISHED
Tuensang district NERFINISHED
spokenBy Phom Naga people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Nagaland NERFINISHED
northeastern India
usedFor folksongs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn church activities in Phom communities
local education in Phom areas
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lolo-Burmese includes Phom language
this entity surface form: Phunoi language