Nkhum dialect

E566315

The Nkhum dialect is a regional variety of the Jingpo language spoken by Jingpo communities in parts of Myanmar and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nkhum dialect canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Jingpo language
associatedWith Jingpo cultural practices
belongsTo Jingpo dialect continuum
linked to: Jingpo language
country Myanmar
ethnicGroup Jingpo
linked to: Jingpo people
hasSpeakers Jingpo communities in parts of Myanmar
ISO639-3 kac (macrolanguage Jingpo)
languageBranch Tibeto-Burman languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
linguisticType tonal language (as part of Jingpo)
neighboringAreas border regions near China
border regions near India
partOfLanguage Jingpo language
primaryUsage home and community domains
region northern Myanmar
relatedDialectOf Standard Jingpo
linked to: Jingpo language
spokenBy Jingpo people
spokenIn Kachin State
Myanmar
status regional dialect
subfamily Jingpoic languages
linked to: Kuki-Chin languages
usedFor oral communication in local Jingpo communities
writingSystem Latin script (for Jingpo orthography)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Jingpo language hasDialect Nkhum dialect
Jingpho hasDialect Nkhum dialect
Kachin language hasDialect Nkhum dialect
Jingpho language hasDialects Nkhum dialect
subject linked to: Jingpho (kac)
Jingpho language hasDialect Nkhum dialect