Drehu

E199536

Drehu is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the indigenous population of Lifou Island in New Caledonia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Drehu canonical 3

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Kanak language
Oceanic language
natural language
country France
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Dehu
Lifou language
hasDomain local media in New Caledonia
traditional oral literature
hasGlottocode dreh1238
hasISO639-3Code dhv
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Iaai
Nengone
hasMorphologicalFeature predominantly analytic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasStatus recognized Kanak language in New Caledonia
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
isTaughtIn some schools in New Caledonia
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
region Melanesia
spokenBy Kanak people
indigenous population of Lifou
spokenIn Lifou Island
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia
subfamilyOf Loyalty Islands linguistic area
surface form: Loyalty Islands languages

Southern Oceanic languages
usedAs regional language in New Caledonia
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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