North and Central Vanuatu area

E569553
Sprachbund linguistic area

The North and Central Vanuatu area is a linguistically diverse region within Vanuatu known for its high density of Oceanic languages and complex patterns of language contact and change.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Northern Vanuatu 3
Central Vanuatu 2
North Vanuatu 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticSubgroup North–Central Vanuatu languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProperty complex language contact ⓘ
dialect chaining ⓘ
high language density ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
intense language change ⓘ
lexical diffusion across languages ⓘ
shared morphosyntactic patterns ⓘ
shared phonological innovations ⓘ
structural convergence among languages ⓘ
hasResearchTopic areal linguistics ⓘ
comparative Oceanic linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
language contact ⓘ
language diversification ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ
lexical borrowing ⓘ
morphosyntactic change ⓘ
phonological change ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature dense network of intermarriage across language groups ⓘ
frequent language shift ⓘ
high rates of bilingualism ⓘ
small speech communities ⓘ
hasTypeOfContact intense inter-island contact ⓘ
long-term intra-Austronesian contact ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
knownFor areal diffusion of grammatical features ⓘ
complex patterns of language change ⓘ
complex patterns of language contact ⓘ
high density of Oceanic languages ⓘ
micro-variation between neighboring languages ⓘ
languageFamilyDominant Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceanic branch of Austronesian ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
subregionOf Central Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Remote Oceania linguistic area → hasSubregion → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
Lakon → isPartOf → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Vanuatu language area
Lo-Toga → languageFamily → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Vanuatu
Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin → region → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Vanuatu
Nafe (Nguna) language → hasSubgroup → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
subject surface form: Nafe language
this entity surface form: Central Vanuatu
Lemerig → languageFamily → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Vanuatu
Mwotlap → languageFamily → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Vanuatu
Mwotlap → region → North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Vanuatu