Apatani language

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The Apatani language is a Tani (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken by the Apatani people of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Apatani language canonical 12

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tani language
Tibeto-Burman language
language
closelyRelatedTo Galo language
Nyishi language
Tagin language
country India
ethnicGroup Apatani people
linked to: Apatani
hasAlternativeName Apa Tani
Apatani
Tanii
hasCaseMarking postpositions
hasDialects village-based varieties
hasGrammaticalFeature evidentiality distinctions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
tone
hasSpeakerCommunity Bulla village
Dutta village
Hari village
Hija village
Hong village
Tajang village
Ziro town
ISO639-3 apt
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
Tani
Tibeto-Burman
morphologyType agglutinative
partOfLanguageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
primaryRegion Ziro Valley
region Lower Subansiri district
spokenBy Apatani people
linked to: Apatani
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
India
northeastern India
status minority language
vulnerable language
subfamilyOf Tani languages
typology SOV word order
usedFor folklore
oral tradition
rituals
usedIn Apatani oral epics
Apatani ritual chants
Apatani traditional songs
writingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (12)

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

Tani languages hasMember Apatani language
Apatani language Apatani language
Subansiri district languageSpoken Apatani language
Lower Subansiri district languageSpoken Apatani language
Galo language closelyRelatedTo Apatani language
Nyishi language closelyRelatedTo Apatani language
Mirish languages hasMember Apatani language
Apatani tribal culture usesLanguage Apatani language
Ziro Valley hasLanguage Apatani language
Myoko festival languageUsed Apatani language
Dree festival languageUsed Apatani language
Apatani villages hasLanguage Apatani language