Dobu language
E439607
Dobu language is an Austronesian language of the Papuan Tip region of Papua New Guinea, traditionally spoken by the Dobu people and used as a local lingua franca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dobu language canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bwaidoga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dawawa language ⓘ Suau language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dobu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Dobu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dobu Motu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dobuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | limited or absent nominal case marking ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
church and religious contexts
ⓘ
home and community ⓘ local trade ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dobu1241 ⓘ |
| hasNumberDistinction |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ sometimes dual in pronouns ⓘ |
| hasPronominalSystem | inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | based on Dobu Island variety ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | dob ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | Papuan Tip cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| region | Papuan Tip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | local lingua franca ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Milne Bay Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn |
Dobu Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fergusson Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Normanby Island NERFINISHED ⓘ nearby smaller islands ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
regional lingua franca ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Oceanic languages
ⓘ
Papuan Tip languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
prepositional language
ⓘ
uses subject markers on verbs ⓘ verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO) ⓘ |
| usedAs | trade language ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn | parts of Milne Bay Province ⓘ |
| usedIn | Christian religious activities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.