Bishnupriya Manipuri language

E588493

Bishnupriya Manipuri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Bishnupriya Manipuri community in parts of northeastern India and Bangladesh, noted for its blend of Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman linguistic features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bishnupriya Manipuri 3
Bishnupriya Manipuri language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternativeName Bishnupriya
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Bishnupriya Meitei
closelyRelatedTo Assamese language
linked to: Assamese

Bengali language
linked to: Bengali
ethnicGroupAssociated Bishnupriya Manipuri community
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands
hasCommunityMedia yes
hasGrammaticalFeaturesFrom Indo-Aryan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Assamese language
linked to: Assamese

Bengali language
Meitei language
Tibeto-Burman languages
hasLiteraryTradition yes
hasOnlinePresence yes
hasPhonologicalFeaturesFrom Indo-Aryan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3Code bpy
languageBranch Indo-Aryan languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
languageSubfamily Indo-Iranian languages
lexicalBorrowingFrom Assamese language
Bengali language
Meitei language
Sanskrit
region Eastern Bangladesh
Northeastern India
script Bengali–Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script

Eastern Nagari script
spokenBy Bishnupriya Manipuri people
spokenIn Assam
Bangladesh
India
Manipur
Sylhet Division
Tripura
status endangered language
minority language
subgroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
usedFor cultural activities
daily communication
folk literature
writingSystem alphabetic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Indo-Aryan languages hasMajorLanguage Bishnupriya Manipuri language
Cachar district hasSpokenLanguage Bishnupriya Manipuri
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language
Bishnupriya Manipuri language alternativeName Bishnupriya Manipuri
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language
Biate hasNeighbouringLanguages Bishnupriya Manipuri
linked to: Bishnupriya Manipuri language