Lusei language

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The Lusei language is a Kuki-Chin language of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken primarily by the Lusei (Mizo) people in northeastern India, especially in Mizoram.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lusei language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuki-Chin language ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Lusei ⓘ
Lushai ⓘ
Old Mizo ⓘ
linked to: Mizo language
closelyRelatedTo Mizo language ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lusei people ⓘ
Mizo people ⓘ
family Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature clause-final particles ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature case marking particles ⓘ
verb agreement markers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasStandardForm Mizo standard language ⓘ
linked to: Mizo language
hasStatus regional language in Mizoram ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature head-final syntax ⓘ
relative clauses before head noun ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
historicalRole basis of modern Mizo literary language ⓘ
influencedBy Assamese language ⓘ
Bengali language ⓘ
English language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code lus ⓘ
languageBranch Central Kuki-Chin ⓘ
languageOf Mizo oral literature ⓘ
traditional Mizo folk songs ⓘ
partOf Kuki-Chin language group ⓘ
linked to: Kuki-Chin languages
primaryRegion Mizoram ⓘ
region Mizo Hills ⓘ
scriptOrigin Roman script introduced by Christian missionaries ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
subclassOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
subfamily Kuki-Chin ⓘ
linked to: Kuki-Chin-Naga
usedAs lingua franca among some Mizo groups ⓘ
usedBy Lusei community ⓘ
usedIn Christian religious activities in Mizoram ⓘ
education in Mizoram ⓘ
literature of Mizoram ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kuki-Chin languages → hasMember → Lusei language ⓘ
Kuki-Chin group → hasMemberLanguage → Lusei language ⓘ