Khamti language

E313548

The Khamti language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily by the Khamti people in parts of northeastern India and northern Myanmar, closely related to other Southwestern Tai languages like Thai and Lao.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khamti language canonical 7
Hkamti language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southwestern Tai language ⓘ
Tai language ⓘ
Tai–Kadai language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Northern Southwestern Tai ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Lao language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
ethnicGroup Khamti people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Northeast India and Northern Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Northern Myanmar
hasAlternativeName Hkamti language ⓘ
linked to: Khamti language

Tai Hkamti ⓘ
Tai Khamti ⓘ
linked to: Khamti
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant initial clusters ⓘ
contrastive tones ⓘ
vowel length distinction ⓘ
hasTone true ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Khamti script ⓘ
linked to: Tai Nüa script
ISO639-3Code kht ⓘ
languageBranch Tai branch ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai language family ⓘ
languageSubgroup Southwestern Tai ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Lao language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
linguisticTypology analytic language ⓘ
morphologicalType isolating language ⓘ
primarySpeakers Khamti people ⓘ
region Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
scriptType Brahmic script ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith Central Thai ⓘ
Lao ⓘ
Shan ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India

Northern Myanmar ⓘ
tonalLanguage true ⓘ
usesScriptDerivedFrom Burmese script ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Southwestern Tai → hasMajorLanguage → Khamti language ⓘ
Tai Khamyang language → relatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
Khamti language → hasAlternativeName → Hkamti language ⓘ
linked to: Khamti language
Aiton → closelyRelatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
Tai Itong → relatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
Tai Phakhe → closelyRelatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
Northern Shan languages → closelyRelatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
Shyam (language) → relatedTo → Khamti language ⓘ
subject linked to: Shyam (in some local usage)