Muna language
E169352
The Muna language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Muna Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its rich verbal morphology and distinct phonological system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muna language canonical | 9 |
| Bahasa Muna | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Konawe language
ⓘ
surface form:
Butonese language
Wolio language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlignmentType | nominative-accusative ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Muna language
ⓘ
surface form:
Bahasa Muna
Muna-Buton language ⓘ |
| hasClauseStructure | prepositional phrases ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Gu language variety
ⓘ
Lawa dialect ⓘ Tiworo dialect ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct phonological system
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMajorCityOfUse | Raha ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
prefixing ⓘ suffixing ⓘ |
| hasNegationStrategy | particle negation ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length absent
ⓘ
no phonemic tone ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ simple vowel inventory ⓘ |
| hasResearch |
descriptive grammar studies
ⓘ
morphosyntactic studies ⓘ phonological analyses ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | predictable word stress ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
focus-like verbal morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal affixation ⓘ voice alternations ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mnb ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| linguisticArea | Celebic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Celebes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
|
| spokenBy | tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Muna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | Muna people ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
daily communication
ⓘ
local education ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bahasa Muna