Tamangic
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Tamangic is a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in Nepal, encompassing the Tamang language and several closely related varieties.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroups |
Gurung people
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Manangba people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamang people NERFINISHED ⓘ Thakali people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationDebatedBy | historical linguists ⓘ |
| countryWithMostSpeakers | Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
central Nepal
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eastern Nepal ⓘ western Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tamang-Gurung-Thakali subgroup
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Tamangic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Chantyal language
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Ghale language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurung language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaike language NERFINISHED ⓘ Manangba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nar-Phu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pangvali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Seke language NERFINISHED ⓘ Serke language NERFINISHED ⓘ Syang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thakali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Gurung language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | comparative studies of Tibeto-Burman ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed subgroup ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ |
| majorLanguage | Tamang language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Himalayan region ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bodish languages
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ⓘ
Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | Tibeto-Burman linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
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India ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
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predominantly SOV word order ⓘ tone or complex pitch accent in several members ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities of Nepal ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari (for several languages)
ⓘ
Tibetan script (for some varieties) ⓘ |
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