Lavukaleve language
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Lavukaleve is a Papuan language spoken by the Lavukal people of the Russell Islands in the Solomon Islands, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the Central Solomons languages.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Solomons language
ⓘ
Papuan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | non-Austronesian languages of the Pacific ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lavukal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Russell Islands, Central Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lavukal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lavukaleve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | ergative-absolutive tendencies ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
descriptive grammar
ⓘ
lexicon ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
local community life
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agreement marking
ⓘ
case marking ⓘ clause chaining ⓘ complex grammar ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ noun classification ⓘ pronominal system ⓘ rich morphology ⓘ switch-reference-like constructions ⓘ word order flexibility ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | lavu1241 ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | lvk ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification | Papuan, Central Solomons ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | a few hundred speakers ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| influencedBy | neighboring Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom | Austronesian languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Central Solomons languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| researchField |
Papuan linguistics
ⓘ
language typology ⓘ morphosyntax ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Lavukal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Russell Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn |
Mbanika Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pavuvu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ other islands of the Russell Islands group ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.