Yapese
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Yapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Yap and nearby islands in the western Pacific.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
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Oceanic language → natural language → |
| belongsTo |
Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian
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| country |
Federated States of Micronesia
NERFINISHED
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| endangermentStatus |
vulnerable
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| hasAlternativeName |
Yap
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Yapese language → |
| hasDomain |
education (local primary level)
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local government → religion → |
| hasGlottocode |
yape1248
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| hasISO639-2Code |
yap
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| hasISO639-3Code |
yap
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| hasLanguagePolicyStatus |
recognized local language in Yap State
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| hasLinguisticArea |
Micronesian languages area
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| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
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German → Japanese → Spanish → |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
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| hasNativeName |
Yapese
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| hasNeighborLanguage |
Ulithian
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Woleaian → |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersRange |
6000–8000
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| hasOrthographicFeature |
use of macrons or doubled vowels for length (in some orthographies)
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| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
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contrastive vowel length → geminate consonants → |
| hasStressPattern |
predictable stress
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| hasTypologicalFeature |
noun classifiers
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prepositions rather than postpositions → rich verbal morphology → |
| hasWordOrder |
SVO
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| influencedBy |
English
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German → Japanese → |
| isTaughtIn |
schools on Yap
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| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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| primaryIsland |
Yap Island
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| region |
Micronesia
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| spokenIn |
Federated States of Micronesia
NERFINISHED
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Yap → western Pacific → |
| subfamily |
Oceanic languages
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| usedFor |
daily communication on Yap
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local media → traditional oral literature → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Ulithian
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coOfficialOrCommonLanguageWith |
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Yapese
("Yapese language")
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|
hasAlternativeName |
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Micronesia
("Yapese language")
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Yapese
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|
hasNativeName |
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Palauan
→
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hasNeighboringLanguages |
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Yapese people
("Yapese language")
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language |
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Caroline Islands
("Yapese language")
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majorLanguages |
|
Federated States of Micronesia
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|
recognizedLanguage |
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Micronesians
("Yapese language")
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usesLanguage |