Khezha language

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The Khezha language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Chakhesang Naga community in northeastern India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khezha language canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
basicWordOrder SOV
belongsToCommunity Chakhesang Naga community NERFINISHED
country India
endangermentFactors shift to English
shift to Nagamese
shift to other dominant regional languages
ethnicity Chakhesang Naga NERFINISHED
family Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Khezha (Chokri–Khezha) NERFINISHED
Khezha Chakhesang NERFINISHED
Khezha Naga NERFINISHED
hasDialectContinuumWith Chokri language
Pochuri language NERFINISHED
hasDomain folklore
storytelling
traditional songs
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
iso639-3Code nkh
isPartOf Naga language cluster
isSpokenAs mother tongue
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
languageGroup Naga languages NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Angami language NERFINISHED
Chokri language NERFINISHED
Pochuri language NERFINISHED
primaryAreaOfUse rural areas of Nagaland
region Kohima district NERFINISHED
Phek district NERFINISHED
script Latin script
spokenBy Chakhesang Naga people NERFINISHED
Khezha people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Manipur NERFINISHED
Nagaland NERFINISHED
Northeastern India NERFINISHED
status minority language
vulnerable language
subfamily Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
tonal language
usedIn local education (limited)
oral tradition
religious contexts
writingSystem Roman alphabet

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

Chakhesang Naga hasLanguage Khezha language