Pnar

E751464

Pnar is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Pnar (Jaintia) people of the Jaintia Hills region in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pnar canonical 3
Pnars 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
natural language
alternateName Jaintia NERFINISHED
Jaintia language NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Khasi NERFINISHED
War language
country India
countryOfficialStatus recognized regional language in Meghalaya (de facto, limited domains)
ethnicGroupAssociated Jaintia people NERFINISHED
Pnar people NERFINISHED
hasContactLanguage English NERFINISHED
Hindi NERFINISHED
Khasi NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode pnar1238
hasISO6393Code pbv
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic language
hasNeighboringLanguages Assamese NERFINISHED
Bengali NERFINISHED
Garo NERFINISHED
Khasi NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone or pitch accent (described variably)
hasStandardForm emerging regional standard based on Jowai variety
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable (intergenerational transmission under some pressure)
isMinorityLanguageIn India NERFINISHED
isSpokenPrimarilyIn Meghalaya NERFINISHED
languageBranch Khasian
languageFamily Austroasiatic NERFINISHED
mainUrbanCenter Jowai NERFINISHED
partOf Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED
Khasian languages NERFINISHED
region East Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
Northeast India
West Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
spokenBy Jaintia people NERFINISHED
Pnar people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Jaintia Hills NERFINISHED
Meghalaya NERFINISHED
subfamily Khasic
usedFor daily communication among Pnar people
folklore and songs
oral tradition
usedIn local education in some schools in Jaintia Hills
local media and cultural programs in Jaintia Hills
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Roman script NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jowai majorLanguage Pnar
Jaintia people selfDesignation Pnar
this entity surface form: Pnars