Pnar language

E762592

Pnar language is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Jaintia people in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pnar language canonical 10

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Khasi language
War language
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Jaintia people
hasAlternativeName Jaintia language
Synteng language
Synteng-Pnar
hasCulturalRole language of Jaintia customary practices
marker of Jaintia identity
hasDialects varieties across different Jaintia villages
hasGlottocode pnar1238
hasGlottologName Pnar
hasISO6393Code pbv
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Assamese language
Garo language
Khasi language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinction
influencedBy Assamese language
linked to: Assamese

English language
Hindi language
linked to: Hindi

Khasi language
isPartOf Khasian branch of Austroasiatic
isTaughtIn some schools in Jaintia Hills
languageFamily Austroasiatic
Khasic
primaryRegion Meghalaya
region East Jaintia Hills district
Jaintia Hills
West Jaintia Hills district
spokenBy Jaintia people
Pnar people
spokenIn India
Meghalaya
Northeast India
subclassOf Khasic language
Mon–Khmer language
linked to: Mon-Khmer
usedFor daily communication among Jaintia people
folk songs
oral tradition
storytelling
usedIn local media in Jaintia Hills
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

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

Jaintia people traditionalLanguage Pnar language
Khasi language relatedTo Pnar language
Khasian hasMember Pnar language
Khasic languages hasMemberLanguage Pnar language
Meghalayan culture hasLanguage Pnar language
Pnar people language Pnar language
Jaintia Kingdom language Pnar language
Maharam language relatedTo Pnar language
Synteng people nativeLanguage Pnar language