Limbu language

E763069

Limbu language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Limbu ethnic group in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Limbu language canonical 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsTo Kiranti subgroup of Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Athpare language NERFINISHED
Yakkha language NERFINISHED
Yamphu language NERFINISHED
country India
Nepal
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Limbu people NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
glottocode limb1268
hasAlternativeName Yakthung language NERFINISHED
Yakthungpan NERFINISHED
hasDialect Chatthare Limbu NERFINISHED
Chhathare Limbu NERFINISHED
Panthare Limbu NERFINISHED
Phedappe Limbu NERFINISHED
Tambarkhole Limbu NERFINISHED
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
noun classifiers
tone or pitch accent (in some analyses)
hasReligionContext Kirat religion NERFINISHED
hasScriptCreator Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe NERFINISHED
iso639-1Code none
iso639-2Code lif
iso639-3Code lif
languageFamilyBranch Eastern Kiranti NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
morphologyType suffixing
region Koshi Province NERFINISHED
Mechi Zone NERFINISHED
eastern Himalayas
revitalizationStatus subject of language revitalization efforts
scriptType alphasyllabary
spokenIn Bhutan NERFINISHED
India
Nepal NERFINISHED
Sikkim NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
eastern Nepal
subfamily Kiranti languages NERFINISHED
usedBy Limbu community NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
ritual texts
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Devanagari script NERFINISHED
Limbu script NERFINISHED
Roman script

Referenced by (3)

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

Limbu people language Limbu language
Limbu language Limbu language
Nepali people otherLanguage Limbu language