Dweep Bhasha

E679599

Dweep Bhasha, also known as Jeseri, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Lakshadweep islands of India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dweep Bhasha canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
regional language of India ⓘ
alternateName Jasari ⓘ
Jeseri ⓘ
Lakshadweep Jeseri ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Mahl ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalAssociation Muslim communities of Lakshadweep ⓘ
geographicContext Arabian Sea islands of India ⓘ
hasDialects island-based varieties ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic religious vocabulary ⓘ
Malayalam everyday vocabulary ⓘ
hasMorphology agglutinative features similar to Malayalam ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
ISO639Status no individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped under Malayalam) ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
partOf Dravidian–Indo-Aryan contact area in the Arabian Sea ⓘ
primaryUse everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
region Lakshadweep Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Agatti Island ⓘ
linked to: Agatti

Amini Island ⓘ
Andrott Island ⓘ
India ⓘ
Kalpeni Island ⓘ
linked to: Kalpeni main island

Kavaratti Island ⓘ
linked to: Kavaratti

Lakshadweep ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ
subfamily Southern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
threatenedBy increasing use of English ⓘ
increasing use of Malayalam ⓘ
usedBy Jeseri-speaking community of Lakshadweep ⓘ
usedIn informal education within community ⓘ
local songs and folk poetry ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script (historically) ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha) → alternateName → Dweep Bhasha ⓘ
Jeseri → hasAlternativeName → Dweep Bhasha ⓘ