South Efate
E174993
South Efate is an Oceanic language spoken on Efate Island in Vanuatu, known for its role in the region’s rich Austronesian linguistic heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Efate canonical | 6 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Central Vanuatu subgroup of Oceanic ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sout2854 ⓘ |
| glottologName | South Efate self-link ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | South Efate language ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | descriptive grammar by linguists working on Vanuatu languages ⓘ |
| hasDomain | vernacular communication ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | erk ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | minority language in Vanuatu ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticHeritage | Austronesian ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | a few thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory compared to many Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| hasTypology | predominantly SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isPartOf | Vanuatu’s linguistic diversity ⓘ |
| isSpokenInVillage | southern Efate communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| locatedInLanguageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Vanuatu
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Vanuatu
|
| spokenBy | indigenous communities of Efate Island ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Efate Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ |
| spokenOn | Efate ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Vanuatu languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Vanuatu languages
Oceanic ⓘ Western Oceanic ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Oceanic
|
| usedAlongside |
Bislama
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.