New Caledonian–Loyalty languages

E28786

Oceanic languages subgroup language subgroup

The New Caledonian–Loyalty languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwest Pacific.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Loyalty Islands languages	0	3
New Caledonian languages	0	3
Loyalty Islands languages subgroup	0	1
New Caledonian languages subgroup	0	1
New Caledonian–Loyalty	0	1
Southern Oceanic languages	0	1
Southern Oceanic languages subgroup	0	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oceanic languages subgroup → language subgroup →
arealFeature	southwest Pacific Ocean → surface form: Southwest Pacific
arealGroup	New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs → surface form: Loyalty Islands languages New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs → surface form: New Caledonian languages
branchOf	Southern Oceanic languages →
continent	Oceania →
glottologClassification	New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs → surface form: New Caledonian–Loyalty
hasCharacteristic	high internal diversity → spoken by relatively small speech communities →
hasMember	Ajië language → Cèmuhî language → Drehu language → Fagauvea language → Iaai language → Nemi language → Nengone language → Paicî language → Xârâcùù language →
hasSubgroup	New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs → surface form: Loyalty Islands languages New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs → surface form: New Caledonian languages
hasWritingSystem	Latin script →
languageFamily	Austronesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Oceanic languages →
locatedIn	Melanesia →
macroFamily	Austronesian languages → surface form: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian languages → surface form: Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic →
partOf	Southern Oceanic languages →
region	New Caledonia → surface form: Loyalty Islands New Caledonia →
relatedTo	Fijian languages → Vanuatu languages →
spokenIn	New Caledonia → surface form: Loyalty Islands New Caledonia → southwest Pacific Ocean → surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
subclassOf	Austronesian languages → Oceanic languages →
typologicalFeature	predominantly SVO word order → rich pronominal systems → use of prepositions rather than postpositions →
usedBy	indigenous peoples of New Caledonia → indigenous peoples of the Loyalty Islands →

Referenced by (12)

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

New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → arealGroup → New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: New Caledonian languages

New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → arealGroup → New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Loyalty Islands languages

New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → glottologClassification → New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: New Caledonian–Loyalty