Wambule language

E572267

The Wambule language is a Kiranti Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Wambule (Wambule Rai) people of eastern Nepal.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wambule language canonical 8
Wambule Rai language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kiranti language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsToSubgroup Western Kiranti
country Nepal
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Wambule people
hasAlternativeName Ambule
Umbule
Wambule
Wambule Kham
linked to: Wambule Rai

Wambule Khambu
Wambule Rai language
linked to: Wambule language
hasCaseMarking ablative case
dative case
ergative case
genitive case
instrumental case
locative case
hasDialects northern Wambule
southern Wambule
hasGlottocode wamb1257
hasLinguisticTypology split-ergative alignment
verb-final
hasNumberCategory dual
plural
singular
hasPersonMarking first person
second person
third person
hasPhonologicalFeature tone-less
ISO639-3Code wme
languageFamily Kiranti
Sino-Tibetan
morphologicalType agglutinative language
neighboringLanguage Bahing language
Jero language
Sunwar language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region eastern Nepal
spokenBy Wambule Rai
Wambule people
spokenIn Nepal
eastern Nepal
subclassOf Kiranti languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
ritual speech
writingSystem Devanagari script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Kiranti languages hasMember Wambule language
Mahakiranti (proposed) includesLanguage Wambule language
Thulung language closelyRelatedTo Wambule language
Wambule language hasAlternativeName Wambule Rai language
linked to: Wambule language
Jero language hasNeighboringLanguage Wambule language
Magaric languages hasMemberLanguage Wambule language
Rai peoples hasLanguage Wambule language
Rai languages hasLanguage Wambule language
Wambule Rai hasLanguage Wambule language