Angika

E693546

Angika is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in parts of Bihar and neighboring regions of India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Angika canonical 24
Angika boli 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicity Angika people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Angika Bhasha ⓘ
Angika language ⓘ
hasAncestor Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
hasDialects regional varieties within Anga region ⓘ
hasGlottocode angi1238 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in some past constructions ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization of vowels ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan ⓘ
languageCodeISO6393 anp ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan ⓘ
namedAfter Anga region of India ⓘ
recognizedBy ISO 639-3 standard ⓘ
region Anga region ⓘ
Bhagalpur division ⓘ
Munger division ⓘ
linked to: Munger

eastern Bihar ⓘ
spokenIn Bihar ⓘ
India ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
usedFor folk literature ⓘ
local media ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
songs ⓘ
usedIn folk theatre ⓘ
radio programs ⓘ
regional newspapers ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Kaithi script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (25)

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