Galo language

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Galo language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Galo people in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Label Occurrences
Galo language canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tani language
Tibeto-Burman language
language
belongsToMacroArea South Asia
closelyRelatedTo Apatani language
Nyishi language
Tagin language
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Galo people
hasAlternativeName Adi Gallong
Gallong
Galo-Gallong
hasGlottocode galo1243
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
tonal language
verb-final word order
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment nominative-accusative (predominant)
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands of speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
hasScriptDevelopmentSupportFrom local organizations in Arunachal Pradesh
hasStandardizationEffortBy Galo Welfare Society
hasTypologicalOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMinorityLanguageIn India
ISO639-3Code adl
isSpokenInDistrict Kamle district
Leparada district
Lower Siang district
Upper Subansiri district
West Siang district
isSpokenLanguage true
languageBranch Tani
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman
primaryRegion Arunachal Pradesh
region Northeast India
spokenBy Galo people
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
India
usedBy Galo community in Arunachal Pradesh
usedInDomain education (primary level, limited)
local administration (limited)
oral tradition

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Referenced by (11)

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

Tani languages hasMember Galo language
Nyishi language closelyRelatedTo Galo language
Apatani language closelyRelatedTo Galo language
Tagin language neighboringLanguages Galo language
Mirish languages hasMember Galo language
Galo people language Galo language
East Siang district languageSpoken Galo language
Kebang languageOfProceedings Galo language
West Siang district languageSpoken Galo language