Athpare language

E572263

The Athpare language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Athpare people of eastern Nepal, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich system of person marking.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Athpare language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
country Nepal
family Sino-Tibetan
glottocode athp1240
hasAlternativeName Athapre
Athpariya
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCaseSystem true
hasConsonantInventorySize moderate
hasFeature agreement with multiple arguments
complex verbal morphology
ergative alignment tendencies
inclusive–exclusive distinction
prefixes
rich person marking
suffixes
tone absent or non-phonemic
hasLinguisticArea Himalayan region
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polypersonal agreement
hasNumberCategories dual
plural
singular
hasPersonCategories first person
second person
third person
hasVowelInventorySize small to moderate
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true
ISO639-3 aph
isPartOf Eastern Kiranti languages
isRelatedTo Belhare language
Limbu language
Yakkha language
isSpokenByEthnicGroup Athpare
isUsedFor oral communication
isUsedIn community rituals
domestic domains
languageStatus vulnerable
region Dhankuta District
spokenBy Athpare people
spokenIn Nepal
eastern Nepal
subfamilyOf Kiranti languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kiranti languages hasMember Athpare language
Mahakiranti (proposed) includesLanguage Athpare language
Belhare language closelyRelatedTo Athpare language
Magaric languages hasMemberLanguage Athpare language
Rai languages hasLanguage Athpare language
Limbu language closelyRelatedTo Athpare language