Wewewa language

E157755

The Wewewa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Wewewa people on the western part of Sumba Island in eastern Indonesia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wejewa language 3
Wadjewa language 2
Wewewa language canonical 2

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsTo Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnologueStatus living language
geographicDistribution western part of Sumba Island
glottologCode wewe1237
glottologName Wejewa
hasAlternativeName Wejewa
Wejewa
surface form: Wejéwa

Wewawa
hasDialects Yes
ISO639-3Code wew
isPartOf Austronesian languages of Sumba
languages of Indonesia
languageFamily Austronesian languages
macroArea Papunesia
neighboringLanguage Anakalangu language
Kambera language
Lamboya language
primaryIsland Sumba
region eastern Indonesia
spokenBy Wewewa people
spokenIn Indonesia
Sumba
surface form: Sumba Island

western Sumba
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
usedFor daily communication among Wewewa people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Sumba language Wewewa language
Bima–Sumba languages hasMemberLanguage Wewewa language
this entity surface form: Wadjewa language
Bima–Sumba languages hasMemberLanguage Wewewa language
this entity surface form: Wejewa language
Lamboya language neighboringLanguage Wewewa language
this entity surface form: Wejewa language
West Sumba Regency hasLocalLanguage Wewewa language
Bima–Sumba group hasMemberLanguage Wewewa language
this entity surface form: Wadjewa language
Bima–Sumba group hasMemberLanguage Wewewa language
this entity surface form: Wejewa language