Bhumij language
E734616
Bhumij language is an Austroasiatic language of the Munda family spoken primarily by the Bhumij people in eastern India.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
Munda language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ho language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mundari language NERFINISHED ⓘ Santali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusReason | pressure from dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bhumij NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Munda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | bhum1247 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bhumij NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bhumij
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhumij Munda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Munda language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | bhu ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Kherwarian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | eastern India ⓘ |
| scriptDevelopedFor | Bhumij script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bhumij people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable ⓘ |
| subfamily | North Munda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language shift to regional Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folk songs
ⓘ
rituals ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral tradition of Bhumij people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali script
ⓘ
Bhumij script NERFINISHED ⓘ Devanagari NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Odia script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.