Blanga
E538595
Blanga is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Santa Isabel languages ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Blanga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
coastal villages of Santa Isabel
ⓘ
northwestern Santa Isabel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Blablanga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blablanga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Blanga language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
northern Blanga
ⓘ
southern Blanga ⓘ |
| hasDomainRestriction | home and village domains ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammar studies
ⓘ
lexicographic work ⓘ phonological analysis ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive prenasalized stops
ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English
ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | blp ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Cheke Holo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kokota NERFINISHED ⓘ Zabana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notWidelyUsedIn |
formal education
ⓘ
national media ⓘ |
| region | Santa Isabel Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn | Santa Isabel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | minority language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Northwest Solomonic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
phonemic vowel length absent ⓘ prepositional language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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