Tamangic

E820708

Tamangic is a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in Nepal, encompassing the Tamang language and several closely related varieties.

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Label Occurrences
Tamangic canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language subgroup ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroups Gurung people ⓘ
Manangba people ⓘ
Tamang people ⓘ
Thakali people ⓘ
classificationDebatedBy historical linguists ⓘ
countryWithMostSpeakers Nepal ⓘ
geneticClassification Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
geographicDistribution central Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Central Nepal

eastern Nepal ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tamang-Gurung-Thakali subgroup ⓘ
Tamangic languages ⓘ
includesLanguage Chantyal language ⓘ
Ghale language ⓘ
Gurung language ⓘ
Kaike language ⓘ
Manangba language ⓘ
linked to: Manang language

Nar-Phu language ⓘ
linked to: Nar Phu language

Pangvali language ⓘ
Seke language ⓘ
Serke language ⓘ
Syang language ⓘ
Tamang language ⓘ
Thakali language ⓘ
Tibetan Gurung language ⓘ
linked to: Gurung language
isSubjectOf comparative studies of Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus proposed subgroup ⓘ
linguisticFeature case-marking on nouns ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ
majorLanguage Tamang language ⓘ
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ
region Himalayan region ⓘ
relatedTo Bodish languages ⓘ
Kiranti languages ⓘ
researchField Tibeto-Burman linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
subgroupOf Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ
tone or complex pitch accent in several members ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities of Nepal ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari (for several languages) ⓘ
Tibetan script (for some varieties) ⓘ

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