Khamyang

E1033819

Khamyang is a critically endangered Tai language spoken by the Tai Khamyang ethnic community in parts of Northeast India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khamyang canonical 3
Nor Khamyang 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language
endangered language
language
associatedWith Tai Buddhist monasteries in Assam
country India
endangermentStatus critically endangered
ethnicGroupAssociated Tai Khamyang
hasAlternativeName Nor Khamyang
linked to: Khamyang

Tai Khamyang language
hasDomain home and intra-community communication (residual)
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus very small number of fluent speakers
languageBranch Southwestern Tai
languageFamily Tai–Kadai language family
minorityLanguageIn Assam
region Upper Assam
relatedTo Khamti language
Shan language
Tai Aiton
Tai Phake
linked to: Tai Phakhe
scriptUsed Assamese script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
spokenBy Tai Khamyang people
spokenIn Assam
India
Northeast India
subfamily Tai branch
subjectOf language documentation efforts in Northeast India
threatenedBy language shift to Assamese
language shift to other dominant regional languages
usedByReligion Theravada Buddhism (community context)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tai Khamyang language altName Khamyang
Khamyang hasAlternativeName Nor Khamyang
linked to: Khamyang
Tai Khamyang ethnonymVariant Khamyang
Tai Khamyang heritageLanguage Khamyang