Sumi language

E644030

Sumi language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Sumi Naga people in the Indian state of Nagaland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sumi language canonical 10
Sumi Naga language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga language ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Naga branch of Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sumi Naga ⓘ
glottocode sumi1235 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sema ⓘ
linked to: Sema Naga

Sema Naga language ⓘ
Sema language ⓘ
Sumi ⓘ
Sumi Naga language ⓘ
linked to: Sumi language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands ⓘ
hasCommunity Sumi-speaking community in Nagaland ⓘ
hasDialects Aghunaqa variety ⓘ
Zunheboto variety ⓘ
hasDomain home and community communication ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Nagaland ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3 nsm ⓘ
isRecognizedIn Nagaland school education (as a local language) ⓘ
isRelatedTo Angami language ⓘ
Ao language ⓘ
Lotha language ⓘ
isSpokenPrimarilyBy Sumi Naga people ⓘ
isUsedAlongside English in Nagaland ⓘ
Nagamese creole ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
primaryRegion Nagaland ⓘ
region Dimapur district ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
Zunheboto district ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
spokenBy Sema Naga people ⓘ
Sumi Naga people ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
subfamily Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
usedIn folklore ⓘ
local churches ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Zunheboto → hasLocalLanguage → Sumi language ⓘ
Ao language → hasNeighboringLanguages → Sumi language ⓘ
Lotha language → neighboringLanguages → Sumi language ⓘ
Sumi language → hasAlternativeName → Sumi Naga language ⓘ
linked to: Sumi language
Sumi Naga → language → Sumi language ⓘ
Tuluni → languageOfCelebration → Sumi language ⓘ
Zunheboto district → hasLanguage → Sumi language ⓘ
Tuluni festival → languageContext → Sumi language ⓘ
Ahuna festival → languageContext → Sumi language ⓘ