South Asian linguistic area

E739585
Sprachbund linguistic area

The South Asian linguistic area is a region encompassing the Indian subcontinent where languages from several different families have converged to share many structural and typological features due to long-term contact.

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South Asian linguistic area canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Asian Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy long-term language contact ⓘ
structural convergence ⓘ
typological similarity across language families ⓘ
describedIn India as a Linguistic Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause language contact over millennia ⓘ
hasFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
conjunctive participles ⓘ
dative subject constructions ⓘ
dental vs. retroflex contrast ⓘ
echo-words and reduplication ⓘ
explicator compound verbs ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
shared kinship terminology patterns ⓘ
similar case-marking patterns ⓘ
similar focus constructions ⓘ
similar question formation strategies ⓘ
use of compound verbs ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn theory of Sprachbunds ⓘ
typological classification of South Asian languages ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Munda languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegion Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
proposedBy Murray B. Emeneau NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn areal linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ

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Mundari → isPartOf → South Asian linguistic area ⓘ