Ellicean languages
E27801
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ellicean languages subgroup | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Central Pacific languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Futunan language
ⓘ
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic languages
Tokelauan language ⓘ Wallisian language ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Ellice Islands
ⓘ
Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Kiribati region
Tuvalu ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Tuvaluan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Funafuti dialect
Nanumea dialect ⓘ Niulakita dialect ⓘ Niutao dialect ⓘ Nui dialect ⓘ Nukulaelae dialect ⓘ Tuvaluan language ⓘ Vaitupu dialect ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
British Western Pacific Territories
ⓘ
surface form:
British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
|
| ISOClassification | part of Polynesian branch of Austronesian ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language type ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ellice Islands ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| phonologicalFeatures |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
South Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Ocean region
Polynesia ⓘ Tuvalu ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Polynesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tuvaluan people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Tuvalu
ⓘ
traditional oral literature in Tuvalu ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ellicean languages subgroup