Nagamese creole

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Nagamese creole is an Assamese-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca among diverse ethnic communities in the Indian state of Nagaland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nagamese creole canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assamese-based creole
creole language
lingua franca
associatedWith Nagaland state identity
basedOn Assamese language
linked to: Assamese
closelyRelatedTo Assamese-based pidgins
country India
hasAlternativeName Naga pidgin
linked to: Naga Pidgin

Nagaland pidgin
Nagamese
hasInfluenceFrom Assamese language
linked to: Assamese

English
Hindi
Naga languages
hasType contact language
pidgin-creole continuum
ISOStatus has no widely used ISO 639-1 code
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticFeature influence from local Naga phonology
lexicon largely derived from Assamese
simplified morphology compared to Assamese
originatesFrom contact between Assamese speakers and Naga groups
primaryFunction interethnic communication
trade language
region Northeast India
spokenBy second-language speakers predominantly
spokenIn Nagaland
status limited standardization
mostly spoken language
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language
usedAs lingua franca in Nagaland
usedBy Naga ethnic groups
diverse ethnic communities in Nagaland
non-Naga communities in Nagaland
usedIn rural areas of Nagaland
urban areas of Nagaland
usedInDomain informal communication
inter-community trade
markets in Nagaland
writingSystem Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

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

Mon hasCommunicationLanguage Nagamese creole
Lotha language usedAlongside Nagamese creole
Sumi language isUsedAlongside Nagamese creole
Nagaland English relatedTo Nagamese creole
Longkhim-Chare area hasMajorLanguage Nagamese creole