Mikir

E584591

Mikir is an alternative name for the Karbi language spoken by the Karbi people of Northeast India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mikir canonical 4

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Karbi language
language
alternativeName Karbi language
closelyRelatedTo other Kuki-Chin-Naga languages
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicAssociation Karbi ethnic group
linked to: Karbi people
geographicDistribution hills of Northeast India
hasAlternativeName Mikir
hasDialects various regional dialects
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3Code mjw
languageBranch Kuki-Chin-Naga languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages
region Karbi Anglong district
linked to: Karbi Anglong
script Assamese script
Latin script
speaks Mikir
spokenBy Karbi people
spokenIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
India
Meghalaya
Northeast India
status minority language
usedBy indigenous community
usedFor oral communication
usedIn traditional Karbi cultural practices

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Karbi language hasAlternativeName Mikir
subject linked to: Mikir
Karbi people speaks Mikir
subject linked to: Mikir
Karbi hasAlternativeName Mikir