North Dravidian languages
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The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Dravidian | 4 |
| Northern Dravidian languages | 3 |
| North Dravidian languages canonical | 2 |
| North Dravidian | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian languages subgroup
ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ |
| are |
agglutinative languages
ⓘ
minority languages in India ⓘ native languages of several Adivasi communities ⓘ non-Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| divergedFrom | Proto-Dravidian ⓘ |
| geographicalOrientation | northern ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
North Dravidian subgroup
ⓘ
Northern Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | several languages vulnerable or endangered ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Kisan language
ⓘ
Kurmali language ⓘ Kurukh ⓘ
surface form:
Kurukh language
Malto language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative verb morphology
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-North Dravidian ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
classification within Dravidian family
ⓘ
contact with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| hasSubclassificationStatus | small branch of Dravidian ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemStatus | often written in regional Indic scripts ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian language family
|
| recognizedBy | comparative Dravidian linguistics ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith |
Central Dravidian languages
ⓘ
South Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kurukh people
ⓘ
Malto people ⓘ Oraon ⓘ
surface form:
Oraon people
|
| spokenIn | India ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Assam
ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ Chhattisgarh ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
surface form:
Odisha
West Bengal ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Dravidian studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
predominantly suffixing morphology ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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North Dravidian
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Northern Dravidian languages