Sourashtra language

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The Sourashtra language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Sourashtra community in Tamil Nadu, India, notable for its unique blend of Indo-Aryan features within a predominantly Dravidian linguistic region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saurashtra language 2
Sourashtra language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Konkani language ⓘ
linked to: Konkani

Marathi language ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sourashtra community ⓘ
family Indo-European languages ⓘ
glottocode sour1248 ⓘ
hasFeature Dravidian lexical influence ⓘ
Indo-Aryan grammar ⓘ
SOV word order ⓘ
contact-induced change ⓘ
hasLiterature folk songs ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Kannada language ⓘ
linked to: Kannada

Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil language ⓘ
linked to: Tamil

Telugu language ⓘ
linked to: Telugu
hasNeighbouringLanguageInfluence Kannada language ⓘ
linked to: Kannada

Tamil language ⓘ
linked to: Tamil

Telugu language ⓘ
linked to: Telugu
hasOrganization Sourashtra Literary Association ⓘ
Sourashtra Madhya Sabha ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Tamil language ⓘ
linked to: Tamil
hasWritingSystem Sourashtra alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Sourashtra script
ISO639-3 saz ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Western Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
primarySpeakers Sourashtra people ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn Tamil Nadu ⓘ
region Tamil Nadu ⓘ
script Devanagari script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
Sourashtra script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
spokenInCity Chennai ⓘ
Madurai ⓘ
Salem ⓘ
Thanjavur ⓘ
linked to: Tanjore

Tiruchirappalli ⓘ
spokenInCountry India ⓘ
spokenInState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedByReligion Hinduism ⓘ
usedInEducationLevel primary education (limited) ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tamil script → usedFor → Sourashtra language ⓘ
Southern Indo-Aryan languages → includes → Saurashtra language ⓘ
linked to: Sourashtra language
Western Indo-Aryan languages → hasMember → Saurashtra language ⓘ
linked to: Sourashtra language