Athpare language

E572263

The Athpare language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Athpare people of eastern Nepal, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich system of person marking.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Athpare language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
family Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
glottocode athp1240 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Athapre ⓘ
Athpariya ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasCaseSystem true ⓘ
hasConsonantInventorySize moderate ⓘ
hasFeature agreement with multiple arguments ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
ergative alignment tendencies ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction ⓘ
prefixes ⓘ
rich person marking ⓘ
suffixes ⓘ
tone absent or non-phonemic ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Himalayan region ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
polypersonal agreement ⓘ
hasNumberCategories dual ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPersonCategories first person ⓘ
second person ⓘ
third person ⓘ
hasVowelInventorySize small to moderate ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true ⓘ
ISO639-3 aph ⓘ
isPartOf Eastern Kiranti languages ⓘ
isRelatedTo Belhare language ⓘ
Limbu language ⓘ
Yakkha language ⓘ
isSpokenByEthnicGroup Athpare ⓘ
isUsedFor oral communication ⓘ
isUsedIn community rituals ⓘ
domestic domains ⓘ
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
region Dhankuta District ⓘ
spokenBy Athpare people ⓘ
spokenIn Nepal ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
subfamilyOf Kiranti languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kiranti languages → hasMember → Athpare language ⓘ
Mahakiranti (proposed) → includesLanguage → Athpare language ⓘ
Belhare language → closelyRelatedTo → Athpare language ⓘ
Magaric languages → hasMemberLanguage → Athpare language ⓘ
Rai languages → hasLanguage → Athpare language ⓘ
Limbu language → closelyRelatedTo → Athpare language ⓘ