Pnar language

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Pnar language is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Jaintia people in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pnar language canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Khasi language NERFINISHED
War language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Jaintia people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Jaintia language NERFINISHED
Synteng language
Synteng-Pnar NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRole language of Jaintia customary practices
marker of Jaintia identity
hasDialects varieties across different Jaintia villages
hasGlottocode pnar1238
hasGlottologName Pnar
hasISO6393Code pbv
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Assamese language
Garo language NERFINISHED
Khasi language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinction
influencedBy Assamese language NERFINISHED
English language
Hindi language NERFINISHED
Khasi language NERFINISHED
isPartOf Khasian branch of Austroasiatic
isTaughtIn some schools in Jaintia Hills
languageFamily Austroasiatic
Khasic
primaryRegion Meghalaya NERFINISHED
region East Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
Jaintia Hills NERFINISHED
West Jaintia Hills district NERFINISHED
spokenBy Jaintia people NERFINISHED
Pnar people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Meghalaya NERFINISHED
Northeast India NERFINISHED
subclassOf Khasic language
Mon–Khmer language NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication among Jaintia people
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn local media in Jaintia Hills
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Jaintia people traditionalLanguage Pnar language
Khasi language relatedTo Pnar language
Khasian hasMember Pnar language
Khasic languages hasMemberLanguage Pnar language