Karbi language

E141283

The Karbi language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Karbi people in Northeast India, especially in Assam.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Karbi language canonical 10
Garo language 1
Kachari language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
Tibeto-Burman language
language
country India
ethnicGroup Karbi people
hasAlternativeName Arleng
Mikir
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasContactWith Assamese language
English language
Hindi language
linked to: Hindi
hasDialects Amri Karbi
Chinthong Karbi
Dumrali Karbi
linked to: Karbi

Laisong Karbi
linked to: Amri Karbi

Ronghang Karbi
linked to: Amri Karbi
hasGlottocode karb1241
hasGlottologName Karbi
hasISO639-3Code mjw
hasLinguisticArea Assam linguistic area
hasLoanwordsFrom Assamese language
Hindi language
linked to: Hindi
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts (often analyzed as register or pitch differences)
hasScriptDevelopment Latin-based orthography promoted by Karbi organizations
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus minority language
hasStandardizationEfforts community-based organizations in Karbi Anglong
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
primaryState Assam
region Dima Hasao district
Karbi Anglong district
West Karbi Anglong district
spokenBy Karbi people
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
India
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Northeast India
subfamilyOf Tibeto-Burman languages
usedFor folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn Karbi cultural practices
usedInEducation some primary schools in Karbi-dominated areas

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Bengali script usedFor Karbi language
Bodo language closelyRelatedTo Garo language
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Karbi language
Bodo language closelyRelatedTo Kokborok language
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Karbi language
Karbi people language Karbi language
Dimasa language closelyRelatedTo Kachari language
linked to: Karbi language
Hemphu-Mukrang worship sacredLanguage Karbi language
Terang hasLanguageContext Karbi language
Inghi languageContext Karbi language
Timung hasLinguisticAssociation Karbi language
Rongker languageContext Karbi language
Teron languageUsed Karbi language
Karbi Anglong district languageSpoken Karbi language
subject linked to: Karbi Anglong district of Assam
Hacha-Kekan languageContext Karbi language