Kiranti

E572278

Kiranti is a group of closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily by the Kirati ethnic communities in eastern Nepal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kiranti canonical 18

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Kirati ⓘ
Limbu ⓘ
Rai ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kirant languages ⓘ
linked to: Kiranti languages

Kiranti branch ⓘ
Kiranti languages ⓘ
hasLanguage Athpare ⓘ
Bahing ⓘ
Bantawa ⓘ
linked to: Bantawa Rai

Belhare ⓘ
Chamling ⓘ
Dumi ⓘ
Khaling ⓘ
Kulung ⓘ
linked to: Kulung Rai

Limbu ⓘ
linked to: Limbu language

Sampang ⓘ
Thulung ⓘ
linked to: Thulung Rai

Yakkha ⓘ
Yamphu ⓘ
hasSubgroup Central Kiranti ⓘ
linked to: Greater Kiranti

Eastern Kiranti ⓘ
Western Kiranti ⓘ
linguisticFeature agreement with multiple arguments ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
tone or pitch accent in some languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative ⓘ
verb-final ⓘ
partOf Trans-Himalayan languages (proposed) ⓘ
linked to: Himalayan languages
region Himalayan region ⓘ
spokenBy Kirati people ⓘ
linked to: Kirati peoples

Rai ethnic groups ⓘ
spokenIn Nepal ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
status endangered (many member languages) ⓘ
subclassOf Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in local communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Latin script (for some descriptions) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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