Sangtam language

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

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Label Occurrences
Sangtam language canonical 5

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
belongsTo Sangtam Naga community
linked to: Sangtam Naga tribe
country India
ethnicGroup Sangtam Naga
family Sino-Tibetan
hasAlternativeName Sangtam Naga language
Tsangkhum
linked to: Tsangtam

Tsangtam
hasDialectalVariation yes
hasISO6393Code nsa
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies
hasPhonologicalType tonal language
hasSpeakersIn Kiphire district
Tuensang district
linked to: Tuensang
hasWordOrder SOV
isEndangeredStatus potentially vulnerable
isPartOf Naga languages
isRecognizedAs one of the Naga languages of Nagaland
isRelatedTo Ao language
Chang language
Konyak language
Yimkhiungrü language
isSpokenByPopulation Sangtam people
isUsedIn cultural practices of Sangtam Naga
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
languageGroup Naga language group
primaryWritingSystem Latin alphabet
region Eastern Nagaland
Northeast India
spokenBy Sangtam Naga people
linked to: Sangtam Naga tribe
spokenIn India
Nagaland
status minority language in India
subfamily Tibeto-Burman
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
usedIn Sangtam villages of Nagaland
linked to: Sangtam Naga
writingSystem 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.

Sangtam Naga language Sangtam language
Ao language hasNeighboringLanguages Sangtam language
Longkhim-Chare area hasMajorLanguage Sangtam language
Naga languages hasMember Sangtam language
Sangtam Naga tribe language Sangtam language