Nagamese creole
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Nagamese creole is an Assamese-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca among diverse ethnic communities in the Indian state of Nagaland.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assamese-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nagaland state identity ⓘ |
| basedOn | Assamese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Assamese-based pidgins ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Naga pidgin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagaland pidgin ⓘ Nagamese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Assamese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Naga languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType |
contact language
ⓘ
pidgin-creole continuum ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | has no widely used ISO 639-1 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
influence from local Naga phonology
ⓘ
lexicon largely derived from Assamese ⓘ simplified morphology compared to Assamese ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | contact between Assamese speakers and Naga groups ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
interethnic communication
ⓘ
trade language ⓘ |
| region | Northeast India ⓘ |
| spokenBy | second-language speakers predominantly ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
limited standardization
ⓘ
mostly spoken language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Indo-Aryan language ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Nagaland ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Naga ethnic groups
ⓘ
diverse ethnic communities in Nagaland ⓘ non-Naga communities in Nagaland ⓘ |
| usedIn |
rural areas of Nagaland
ⓘ
urban areas of Nagaland ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
informal communication
ⓘ
inter-community trade ⓘ markets in Nagaland ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Assamese script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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