Ndrumbea

E195385

Ndrumbea is an indigenous Austronesian language traditionally spoken by the Kanak people of New Caledonia in the South Pacific.

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Ndrumbea canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Kanak language
Oceanic language
indigenous language
belongsTo Kanak languages of the Nouméa region
coexistsWith French
Tayo creole
continent Oceania
country France
endangeredStatus endangered language
hasAlternativeName Dumbéa language
Ndumbea
hasDomain local customary practices
traditional oral literature
hasGlottocode ndru1242
hasGlottologName Ndrumbea self-link
hasISO639-3Code ndr
hasLinguasphereCode ??
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between oral and nasal vowels
prenasalized stops
hasPhylum Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
hasStatus vernacular language
hasTypologicalFeature word order SVO (subject–verb–object)
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isMinorityLanguageIn New Caledonia
isPartOf Kanak linguistic heritage
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies on New Caledonian languages
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
surface form: New Caledonian languages

Southern Oceanic languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
region South Pacific
spokenBy Kanak people
spokenIn New Caledonia
South Province of New Caledonia
traditionalLanguageOf Kanak people of the Dumbéa area
usedInCommunity Kanak communities near Nouméa

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Ndrumbea hasGlottologName Ndrumbea self-link