Sangisari language

E214830

The Sangisari language is an endangered Northwestern Iranian language spoken by a small community in northern Iran, notable for its distinct phonology and conservative grammatical features.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sangisari language canonical 3
Sangsari language 3
Sangiseri language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwestern Iranian language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
distinctFrom Mazanderani language ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
endangermentLevel definitely endangered ⓘ
family Indo-European languages ⓘ
group Western Iranian languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sangesari ⓘ
Sangisari ⓘ
Sangisori ⓘ
hasFeature conservative grammatical features ⓘ
distinct phonology ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature conservative Iranian vocabulary ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature conservative nominal inflection ⓘ
conservative verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature limited intergenerational transmission ⓘ
mainly oral use ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ
iso639-3Code sgr ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Northwestern Iranian ⓘ
primaryCountry Iran ⓘ
region northern Iran ⓘ
relatedTo Mazanderani language ⓘ
Semnani languages ⓘ
spokenBy Sangisari people ⓘ
spokenIn Sangisar area ⓘ
Semnan Province ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subbranch Iranian languages ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
subgroup Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Persian ⓘ
typologicalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
usedBy small speech community ⓘ
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Caspian languages → hasMemberLanguage → Sangiseri language ⓘ
linked to: Sangisari language
Semnani languages → hasMember → Sangsari language ⓘ
linked to: Sangisari language
Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Sivandi language ⓘ
linked to: Sangisari language
Biyabunaki language → relatedTo → Sangsari language ⓘ
linked to: Sangisari language
Lasgerdi language → sharesFeaturesWith → Sangsari language ⓘ
linked to: Sangisari language
Sangisari people → nativeLanguage → Sangisari language ⓘ
Sangisari people → hasEndonymLanguage → Sangisari language ⓘ