Nakanai

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Austronesian language Oceanic language language of Papua New Guinea

Nakanai is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, known for its role in the linguistic diversity of the Bismarck Archipelago.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nakanai canonical	2
Kankanai	1
Lakalai-Nakanai	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Oceanic language ⓘ language of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
alternativeName	Lakalai ⓘ Lakalai language ⓘ Nakanai language ⓘ
belongsTo	Meso-Melanesian branch of Oceanic languages ⓘ
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasContactWith	English ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasDialects	Bileki dialect ⓘ Loso dialect ⓘ Maututu dialect ⓘ Ubae dialect ⓘ Vele dialect ⓘ
hasDomain	daily conversation ⓘ local ceremonies ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	possessive constructions marked by particles ⓘ use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResearchField	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ Oceanic comparative linguistics ⓘ
hasStressPattern	penultimate stress ⓘ
hasSyllableStructure	predominantly open syllables ⓘ
isDocumentedIn	descriptive grammars ⓘ lexicons and wordlists ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
iso639-3Code	nak ⓘ
isPartOf	linguistic diversity of the Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
isSpokenBy	Nakanai people ⓘ
isUsedFor	oral communication in local communities ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
region	West New Britain Province ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ
spokenIn	Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ New Britain ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subfamily	Oceanic ⓘ
subgroup	Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
wordOrder	SVO ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Meso-Melanesian languages → hasMemberLanguage → Nakanai ⓘ

Kankanaey language → hasAlternativeName → Nakanai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kankanai

Lakalai language → hasAlternativeName → Nakanai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakalai-Nakanai