Lyngngam language

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The Lyngngam language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Lyngngam people of northeastern India, closely related to other Khasian languages of Meghalaya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Khasian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Khasi language NERFINISHED
other Khasian languages
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Lyngngam people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lyngam NERFINISHED
Lyngngam NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode lyng1235
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic language
hasMorphologicalFeature limited inflectional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions)
ISO639-3Code lyg
isPartOf Khasian branch of Austroasiatic
isSpokenInDistrict West Khasi Hills district NERFINISHED
isSpokenInState Meghalaya NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austroasiatic NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Garo language NERFINISHED
Khasi language NERFINISHED
region Meghalaya NERFINISHED
Northeastern India NERFINISHED
spokenBy Lyngngam people NERFINISHED
spokenIn India
Meghalaya NERFINISHED
subfamily Khasian NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication among Lyngngam people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Khasian hasMember Lyngngam language