South Munda languages
E735917
South Munda languages are a subgroup of the Munda branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily in eastern and central India and distinguished by shared phonological and grammatical features.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Munda | 1 |
| South Munda languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Munda languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Dravidian languages
ⓘ
contact with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| comparedWith | North Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| differFrom |
North Munda languages in lexicon
ⓘ
North Munda languages in morphology ⓘ North Munda languages in phonology ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sout3145 (South Munda) ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bonda language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Didayi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorum language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gtaʼ language ⓘ Gtaʼ–Remo group NERFINISHED ⓘ Gutob language ⓘ Juang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Juang–Remo group NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Remo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sora language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sora–Gorum group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubclassification |
Koraput Munda subgroup
ⓘ
Sora–Gorum subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex agreement systems ⓘ contrastive vowel length in some languages ⓘ distinctive consonant clusters ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ shared grammatical features ⓘ shared phonological features ⓘ use of suffixes for case marking ⓘ verb-final word order tendency ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austroasiatic language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Munda peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous communities of eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Andhra Pradesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Telangana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | many languages endangered ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Munda branch of Austroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
often written in Odia script for some languages
ⓘ
often written in Telugu script for some languages ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Munda