Bishnupriya Manipuri language

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Bishnupriya Manipuri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Bishnupriya Manipuri community in parts of northeastern India and Bangladesh, noted for its blend of Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman linguistic features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bishnupriya Manipuri 3
Bishnupriya Manipuri language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Bishnupriya ⓘ
Bishnupriya Manipuri ⓘ
Bishnupriya Meitei ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Assamese language ⓘ
linked to: Assamese

Bengali language ⓘ
linked to: Bengali
ethnicGroupAssociated Bishnupriya Manipuri community ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands ⓘ
hasCommunityMedia yes ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeaturesFrom Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Assamese language ⓘ
linked to: Assamese

Bengali language ⓘ
Meitei language ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition yes ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence yes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeaturesFrom Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
ISO639-3Code bpy ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
languageSubfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom Assamese language ⓘ
Bengali language ⓘ
Meitei language ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
region Eastern Bangladesh ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
script Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Eastern Nagari script ⓘ
spokenBy Bishnupriya Manipuri people ⓘ
spokenIn Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
Sylhet Division ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
subgroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedFor cultural activities ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
folk literature ⓘ
writingSystem alphabetic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Indo-Aryan languages → hasMajorLanguage → Bishnupriya Manipuri language ⓘ
Cachar district → hasSpokenLanguage → Bishnupriya Manipuri ⓘ
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language
Bishnupriya Manipuri language → alternativeName → Bishnupriya Manipuri ⓘ
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language
Biate → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Bishnupriya Manipuri ⓘ
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language