Schouten languages
E166245
Schouten languages are a subgroup of Western Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the Schouten (Lelet) Islands and nearby coastal regions of northern Papua New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schouten languages canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western Oceanic language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealDistribution |
coastal languages
ⓘ
island languages ⓘ |
| contactInfluence | Papuan languages of northern New Guinea ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic ⓘ Western Oceanic ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageAreas | Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages of northern New Guinea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area
ⓘ
surface form:
Papuan Tip – North New Guinea Oceanic area
|
| region |
Lelet Islands
ⓘ
Schouten Islands ⓘ northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Lelet Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Schouten (Lelet) Islands
nearby coastal regions of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| status |
endangered languages (many members)
ⓘ
minority languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ Western Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
Austronesian alignment (typical of Oceanic languages)
ⓘ
SVO basic word order (typical of Western Oceanic languages) ⓘ complex verbal morphology (typical of Oceanic languages) ⓘ use of prepositions rather than postpositions (typical of Oceanic languages) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
indigenous communities of nearby northern Papua New Guinea coasts
ⓘ
indigenous communities of the Schouten Islands ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.