Khamti

E1001277

Khamti is a Tai language variety spoken primarily by the Khamti people in parts of northeastern India and northern Myanmar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khamti canonical 4
Tai Khamti 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language
spoken language
tonal language
classification Tai language of the Shan group
closelyRelatedTo Ahom language
Shan language
Thai language
country Republic of India
linked to: India

Republic of the Union of Myanmar
linked to: Myanmar
derivedFrom Burmese script
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Khamti people
family Tai–Kadai language family
glottocode kham1280
hasConsonantInventory moderate
hasNativeSpeakers yes
hasPhonemicTones yes
hasRomanization yes
hasStandardVariety yes
hasSVOOrder yes
hasToneSystem yes
hasVowelLengthContrast yes
iso639-3 kht
languageBranch Northern Shan branch
languageOf Khamti people
morphologicalType analytic language
numberOfTones 5
region Northeast India
Upper Myanmar
linked to: Upper Burma
scriptType abugida
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
India
Myanmar
northern Myanmar
subfamily Southwestern Tai languages
linked to: Southwestern Tai
usedFor daily communication
religious texts
traditional literature
usedInEducation limited local education
writingSystem Burmese script
Khamti script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Shan language hasDialects Khamti
Khamti language hasAlternativeName Tai Khamti
linked to: Khamti
Tai Aiton relatedEthnicGroup Tai Khamti
linked to: Khamti