Kokni

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Kokni is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Kokni tribal community in parts of western India, including Maharashtra and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kokna 1
Kokni canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Konkani
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
country India
domainOfUse community functions
home
local markets
endangermentCause shift to dominant regional languages
ethnicAssociation Scheduled Tribe communities in Maharashtra
family Indo-European languages
geographicDistribution Dhule district, Maharashtra
linked to: Dhule district

Nandurbar district, Maharashtra
linked to: Nandurbar district

Nashik district, Maharashtra
linked to: Nashik district

parts of northern Konkan
hasAlternativeName Kokni (tribal language)
Kokni of Khandesh
Kokni of Nashik
Kokni-Koli
hasDialectContinuumWith neighboring Marathi varieties
hasFeature case marking
grammatical gender
postpositions
retroflex consonants
iso639-3Code kex
languageBranch Indo-Aryan
languageShiftTowards Hindi
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
lexicalBorrowingFrom Hindi
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
linguisticArea Marathi–Konkani group
morphology inflectional
phonologicalInfluenceFrom Konkani
Marathi
linked to: Marathi language
region western India
script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
spokenBy Kokni people
Kokni tribal community
linked to: Koli community
spokenIn Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Gujarat
Maharashtra
status endangered language
minority language
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages
typology SOV word order
usedIn folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
writingSystemUsage primarily oral with limited written use

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Referenced by (2)

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

Palghar district hasTribalCommunity Kokna
linked to: Kokni