Jeseri

E679598

Jeseri is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Lakshadweep islands of India, closely related to Malayalam and used by the local island communities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jeseri canonical 2
Jesri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
language variety
associatedWith Islamic traditions in Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep culture
belongsTo Indo-Pacific linguistic area
closelyRelatedTo Malayalam
country India
hasAlternativeName Dweep Bhasha
Jasari
Jesri
linked to: Jeseri

Lakshadweep Malayalam
linked to: Malayalam
hasCommunityEfforts cultural preservation
language maintenance
hasDialect Agatti variety
Amini variety
Andrott variety
linked to: Andrott

Kavaratti variety
hasEndangermentConcern yes
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeaturesSimilarTo Malayalam
hasPrimaryMode spoken
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingTradition limited
influencedBy Arabic
English
Malayalam
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
languageFamily Dravidian
linked to: Dravidian languages
primaryLanguageOf many inhabitants of Lakshadweep
region Lakshadweep islands
script Malayalam script
sharesGrammarFeaturesWith Malayalam
sharesVocabularyWith Malayalam
spokenBy local island communities of Lakshadweep
spokenIn India
Lakshadweep
status minority language
under-described language
subfamilyOf South Dravidian languages
usedAlongside English
Malayalam
usedBy Muslim communities of Lakshadweep
linked to: Lakshadweep society
usedIn everyday communication
folk songs
local storytelling
oral traditions

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jeseri hasAlternativeName Jesri
linked to: Jeseri
Dweep Bhasha alternateName Jeseri