Nagamese
E772407
Nagamese is a widely used Assamese-based creole lingua franca in Nagaland, India, facilitating communication among diverse Naga ethnic groups.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assamese-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Naga Assamese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naga Pidgin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Assamese language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Assamese-based pidgins of Northeast India ⓘ |
| degreeOfStandardization | low ⓘ |
| developedAs | contact language between Assamese speakers and Naga groups ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
extensive lexical borrowing from Assamese
ⓘ
reduced inflectional system ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Assamese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Naga languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUserPopulation | hundreds of thousands of speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| historicalContext | emerged during pre-colonial and colonial trade contacts ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | nag ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| lexifierLanguage | Assamese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf | Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
market language
ⓘ
trade language ⓘ |
| region |
Nagaland urban centers
ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Naga people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
non-Naga residents of Nagaland ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Dimapur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Kohima NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | widely used oral language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Indo-Aryan language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
ⓘ
simplified morphology compared to Assamese ⓘ |
| usedAs |
bridge language between mutually unintelligible Naga languages
ⓘ
lingua franca among Naga ethnic groups ⓘ |
| usedBy | various Naga tribes ⓘ |
| usedFor | interethnic communication ⓘ |
| usedIn | interactions between government officials and local people in Nagaland ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
commerce
ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ inter-community relations ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Assamese/Bengali script (occasionally)
ⓘ
Latin script (non-standardized) ⓘ |
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