Shyam (in some local usage)

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Shyam (in some local usage) is a local name used to refer to the Tai Khamyang language, a Tai language spoken by the Khamyang people of northeastern India.

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Label Occurrences
Shyam (in some local usage) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Khamyang language ⓘ
Shyam ⓘ
Tai Khamyang ⓘ
associatedReligion Theravada Buddhism (among many Khamyang people) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countrySubdivision Sivasagar district (Assam) ⓘ
linked to: Sibsagar District

Tinsukia district (Assam) ⓘ
linked to: Tinsukia district
documentationStatus poorly documented ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Khamyang people ⓘ
linked to: Tai Khamyang people
geographicDistribution villages of Assam ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ
use of particles for grammatical relations ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone distinctions typical of Tai languages ⓘ
hasType analytic language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
ISO639-3 ksy ⓘ
languageFamily Tai-Kadai language family ⓘ
languageShiftTo Assamese ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
linguisticClassification Southwestern Tai (often grouped) ⓘ
localNameFor Tai Khamyang language ⓘ
macroArea South Asia ⓘ
primaryUse oral communication ⓘ
region Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
relatedTo Khamti language ⓘ
Tai Ahom language ⓘ
linked to: Ahom language

Tai Aiton language ⓘ
Tai Phake language ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based language preservation initiatives ⓘ
script Eastern Nagari script (in some local usage) ⓘ
Latin script (in some modern documentation) ⓘ
spokenBy Khamyang people ⓘ
linked to: Tai Khamyang people
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Tai branch ⓘ
usedAs marker of Khamyang ethnic identity ⓘ
usedBy small number of speakers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tai Khamyang language → altName → Shyam (in some local usage) ⓘ