Sumi language

E644030

Sumi language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Sumi Naga people in the Indian state of Nagaland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sumi language canonical 10
Sumi Naga language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga language
Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsTo Naga branch of Sino-Tibetan
country India
ethnicGroup Sumi Naga
glottocode sumi1235
hasAlternativeName Sema
linked to: Sema Naga

Sema Naga language
Sema language
Sumi
Sumi Naga language
linked to: Sumi language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of thousands
hasCommunity Sumi-speaking community in Nagaland
hasDialects Aghunaqa variety
Zunheboto variety
hasDomain home and community communication
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone
hasStatus regional language in Nagaland
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3 nsm
isRecognizedIn Nagaland school education (as a local language)
isRelatedTo Angami language
Ao language
Lotha language
isSpokenPrimarilyBy Sumi Naga people
isUsedAlongside English in Nagaland
Nagamese creole
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
primaryRegion Nagaland
region Dimapur district
Northeast India
Zunheboto district
script Latin alphabet
spokenBy Sema Naga people
Sumi Naga people
spokenIn India
Nagaland
subfamily Tibeto-Burman
usedFor oral communication
usedIn folklore
local churches
traditional songs

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Referenced by (11)

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

Zunheboto hasLocalLanguage Sumi language
Ao language hasNeighboringLanguages Sumi language
Lotha language neighboringLanguages Sumi language
Sumi language hasAlternativeName Sumi Naga language
linked to: Sumi language
Sumi Naga language Sumi language
Tuluni languageOfCelebration Sumi language
Zunheboto district hasLanguage Sumi language
Tuluni festival languageContext Sumi language
Ahuna festival languageContext Sumi language