Jeseri

E679598

Jeseri is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Lakshadweep islands of India, closely related to Malayalam and used by the local island communities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jeseri canonical 2
Jesri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic traditions in Lakshadweep ⓘ
Lakshadweep culture ⓘ
belongsTo Indo-Pacific linguistic area ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Malayalam ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dweep Bhasha ⓘ
Jasari ⓘ
Jesri ⓘ
linked to: Jeseri

Lakshadweep Malayalam ⓘ
linked to: Malayalam
hasCommunityEfforts cultural preservation ⓘ
language maintenance ⓘ
hasDialect Agatti variety ⓘ
Amini variety ⓘ
Andrott variety ⓘ
linked to: Andrott

Kavaratti variety ⓘ
hasEndangermentConcern yes ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeaturesSimilarTo Malayalam ⓘ
hasPrimaryMode spoken ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasWritingTradition limited ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
languageFamily Dravidian ⓘ
linked to: Dravidian languages
primaryLanguageOf many inhabitants of Lakshadweep ⓘ
region Lakshadweep islands ⓘ
script Malayalam script ⓘ
sharesGrammarFeaturesWith Malayalam ⓘ
sharesVocabularyWith Malayalam ⓘ
spokenBy local island communities of Lakshadweep ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Lakshadweep ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
under-described language ⓘ
subfamilyOf South Dravidian languages ⓘ
usedAlongside English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
usedBy Muslim communities of Lakshadweep ⓘ
linked to: Lakshadweep society
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local storytelling ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jeseri → hasAlternativeName → Jesri ⓘ
linked to: Jeseri
Dweep Bhasha → alternateName → Jeseri ⓘ