Bel languages

E155826

Bel languages are a small group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bel languages canonical 1
Eleman languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages
language group
are Papuan contact languages
coastal languages
areKnownFor dialect chains
mutual intelligibility among many varieties
areStudiedIn Oceanic Linguistics
surface form: Oceanic linguistics
branchOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
closelyRelatedTo Bel language
Bilibil language
Gedaged language
Siar-Lak language
Takia language
codeInGlottolog bell1263
hasMember Bel language
Biliau language
Bilibil language
Bukawa language
Gedaged language
Gitua language
Karkar-Yuri language
Kumil language
Lak language
Malasanga language
Matukar language
Mindiri language
Numbami language
Sialum language
Siar language
Siar-Lak language
Takia language
Wab language
Yabem language
Yabem-Takia language continuum
haveSignificantContactWith Papuan languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
phonologicalFeaturesInclude moderate consonant inventories
small vowel inventories
primaryCountry Papua New Guinea
region Madang Province
Morobe Province
spokenAlong north coast of Papua New Guinea
spokenIn Papua New Guinea
subclassOf Sarmi–Jayapura Bay languages
surface form: North New Guinea languages

Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages
typologically SVO word order
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Western Oceanic languages hasSubgroup Bel languages
Trans–New Guinea languages hasSubgroup Bel languages
this entity surface form: Eleman languages