ISO 639-3 · pbvpbv
Austroasiatic family
Pnar
Pnar is a language of the Khasi–Khmuic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Bangladesh and India. Wikidata counts 395,124 first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Sylheti Austroasiatic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pbv- Glottocode
pnar1238- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
395,124first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pnar |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pnar language, Sylheti Nor Language, Jaintian language, Jaintian Nor language, Jaintia language |
| L1 speakers | 395,124 (2011) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Pnar
The branches above Pnar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Bangladesh
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