Lyngngam language

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The Lyngngam language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Lyngngam people of northeastern India, closely related to other Khasian languages of Meghalaya.

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Label Occurrences
Lyngngam language canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Khasian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Khasi language
other Khasian languages
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Lyngngam people
hasAlternativeName Lyngam
Lyngngam
linked to: Lyngam
hasGlottocode lyng1235
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic language
hasMorphologicalFeature limited inflectional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions)
ISO639-3Code lyg
isPartOf Khasian branch of Austroasiatic
isSpokenInDistrict West Khasi Hills district
isSpokenInState Meghalaya
languageFamily Austroasiatic
neighboringLanguages Garo language
Khasi language
region Meghalaya
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
spokenBy Lyngngam people
spokenIn India
Meghalaya
subfamily Khasian
usedFor daily communication among Lyngngam people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Khasian hasMember Lyngngam language
Lyngngam people language Lyngngam language