North Munda
E734623
North Munda is a primary branch of the Munda subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family, comprising several related indigenous languages spoken mainly in eastern and central India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Munda branch | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
subgroup of languages ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established branch of Munda ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Dravidian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistributionComparedTo | more northerly than South Munda ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
North Munda branch
ⓘ
North Munda subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Asuri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhumij NERFINISHED ⓘ Birhor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ho NERFINISHED ⓘ Kera NERFINISHED ⓘ Koda NERFINISHED ⓘ Koda (Kora) NERFINISHED ⓘ Koraku NERFINISHED ⓘ Korku NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahali NERFINISHED ⓘ Mundari NERFINISHED ⓘ Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sora Koda NERFINISHED ⓘ Turi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLanguage | Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Kherwarian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korku language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | uses multiple scripts via major regional languages ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of suffixes for grammatical relations ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austroasiatic language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo | South Munda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Munda ethnic groups
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ central India ⓘ eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalGroup | Austroasiatic languages of South Asia ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Munda branch