Gela

E173401

Gela is an Oceanic language spoken primarily in the Solomon Islands, particularly on Nggela (Florida) Islands in Central Province.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gela canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
coexistsWith English (official language of Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands Pijin
country Solomon Islands
hasAlternativeName Florida language
Gela (Solomon Islands)
Nggela
hasDomainOfUse home
local markets
local religious services
village
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable (variously assessed)
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Gela people
hasISO639-3Code nlg
hasLinguisticArea Central Solomon linguistic area
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasNeighbouringLanguage Bugotu
Ghari
Guadalcanal languages
Lengo language
surface form: Lengo
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported)
simple consonant inventory (relative to neighboring languages)
hasResourceType Bible portions translated
grammatical sketches
hymns and religious texts
linguistic wordlists
hasStatus regional language in Solomon Islands
hasTypology SVO word order
isPartOf Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands
surface form: Central Solomon languages (often classified)
isTaughtIn informal community settings
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
region Melanesia
spokenIn Central Province, Solomon Islands
Florida Islands
Nggela Islands
Solomon Islands
transmissionType intergenerational, primarily oral
usedAs vernacular language
usedInDomain daily communication
local church activities
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

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