Sora language

E590957

Sora language is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Sora (Saora) tribal communities in eastern India, especially in the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

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Sora language canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Munda language
language
writing system
alternativeName Saora language
Savara language
Soura language
associatedWith Sora oral literature
Sora traditional religion
country India
designedFor Sora language
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Sora people
geographicDistribution hilly and forested areas of eastern India
hasDialects various regional dialects
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
postpositions
hasLinguisticResearch studied in Austroasiatic linguistics
hasLoanwordsFrom Hindi
Odia
Telugu
hasOrthographicVariation multiple scripts in parallel use
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
rich consonant inventory
hasScriptCreator Malia Gomango
ISO639-3 srb
languageBranch South Munda
languageFamily Austroasiatic
languageStatus minority language in India
languageSubfamily Munda
primaryDomain home and community communication
region eastern India
spokenBy Saora tribe
Sora people
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh
India
Odisha
linked to: Orissa
usedFor folklore
oral tradition
rituals
usedIn Andhra Pradesh tribal communities
Odisha tribal communities
usedInEducation limited primary education programs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Odia script
Sorang Sompeng script

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Referenced by (5)

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

Savara language alternativeName Sora language
Sorang Sompeng script designedFor Sora language
subject linked to: Sora language
Savara hasLanguage Sora language
Munda languages majorLanguage Sora language
South Munda languages hasMember Sora language