Nagamese creole

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Nagamese creole is an Assamese-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca among diverse ethnic communities in the Indian state of Nagaland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nagamese creole canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assamese-based creole ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
associatedWith Nagaland state identity ⓘ
basedOn Assamese language ⓘ
linked to: Assamese
closelyRelatedTo Assamese-based pidgins ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Naga pidgin ⓘ
linked to: Naga Pidgin

Nagaland pidgin ⓘ
Nagamese ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Assamese language ⓘ
linked to: Assamese

English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Naga languages ⓘ
hasType contact language ⓘ
pidgin-creole continuum ⓘ
ISOStatus has no widely used ISO 639-1 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature influence from local Naga phonology ⓘ
lexicon largely derived from Assamese ⓘ
simplified morphology compared to Assamese ⓘ
originatesFrom contact between Assamese speakers and Naga groups ⓘ
primaryFunction interethnic communication ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
spokenBy second-language speakers predominantly ⓘ
spokenIn Nagaland ⓘ
status limited standardization ⓘ
mostly spoken language ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in Nagaland ⓘ
usedBy Naga ethnic groups ⓘ
diverse ethnic communities in Nagaland ⓘ
non-Naga communities in Nagaland ⓘ
usedIn rural areas of Nagaland ⓘ
urban areas of Nagaland ⓘ
usedInDomain informal communication ⓘ
inter-community trade ⓘ
markets in Nagaland ⓘ
writingSystem Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Mon → hasCommunicationLanguage → Nagamese creole ⓘ
Lotha language → usedAlongside → Nagamese creole ⓘ
Sumi language → isUsedAlongside → Nagamese creole ⓘ
Nagaland English → relatedTo → Nagamese creole ⓘ
Longkhim-Chare area → hasMajorLanguage → Nagamese creole ⓘ