Bajawa language

E175377

Austronesian language Malayo-Polynesian language natural language

The Bajawa language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and distinctive phonology.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bahasa Bajawa	1
Bajawa language canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Bajawa language ⓘ surface form: Bahasa Bajawa Bajawa ⓘ
belongsTo	Central Flores subgroup of Austronesian languages ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable (regional language under pressure from Indonesian) ⓘ
glottologCode	baja1267 ⓘ
hasDomain	traditional rituals in Bajawa area ⓘ
hasFeature	complex syllable structure (relative to neighboring languages) ⓘ complex verbal morphology ⓘ contrastive vowel length (reported in some analyses) ⓘ distinctive phonology ⓘ rich affixation ⓘ verb-focused morphology ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	derivational verbal morphology ⓘ pronominal clitics ⓘ verbal affixes marking aspect and mood ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage	Ende language ⓘ Lio language ⓘ Nage language ⓘ Ngadha language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinctive consonant inventory ⓘ distinctive vowel system ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation	bilingualism with Indonesian is common ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
influencedBy	Indonesian language ⓘ
iso639-3Code	bjy ⓘ
isSpokenBy	Bajawa people ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+8 ⓘ
morphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
region	East Nusa Tenggara ⓘ
spokenAround	town of Bajawa ⓘ
spokenIn	Flores ⓘ surface form: Flores Island Indonesia ⓘ central highlands of Flores ⓘ
subclassOf	Flores–Lembata languages ⓘ surface form: Central Flores language
typologicalClassification	predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
usedIn	daily communication in Bajawa region ⓘ local oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Flores–Lembata languages → hasMember → Bajawa language ⓘ

Bajawa language → alternativeName → Bajawa language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahasa Bajawa