South Banda languages subgroup

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The South Banda languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Banda Sea region of eastern Indonesia.


Statements (26)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages subgroup
language subgroup
country Indonesia
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
hasBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasCharacteristic closely related member languages
maritime distribution
spoken on small islands
hasDomain local culture
oral tradition
hasLinguisticFamily Austronesian
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics
comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
hasStatus minority languages
hasWritingSystem Latin script
locatedIn Banda Sea region
eastern Indonesia
partOf Austronesian language family
region Maritime Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
subclassOf Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
typologicallyRelatedTo other Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
usedIn local inter-island communication

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Austronesian languages
hasSubfamily

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