Munda languages
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Munda languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by indigenous communities in eastern and central India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Munda languages canonical | 10 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic languages
ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | many member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| geneticRelation | related to Mon-Khmer languages within Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
North Munda languages
ⓘ
South Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPresence | pre-Indo-Aryan substrate in parts of eastern India ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Asuri language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhumij language NERFINISHED ⓘ Birhor language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorum language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gtaʔ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ho language NERFINISHED ⓘ Juang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Korku language ⓘ Mundari language NERFINISHED ⓘ Santali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sora language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Munda peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous communities in India ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
central India ⓘ eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Austroasiatic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ numeral classifiers in some languages ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ verb-final word order ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folk songs
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Odia script NERFINISHED ⓘ Ol Chiki script ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bhumij language