Engan languages
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The Engan languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken primarily in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, known for their large speaker populations and significance within the Trans–New Guinea language family.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language group
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areCharacterizedBy |
close internal genetic relationship
ⓘ
large speaker populations compared to many Papuan groups ⓘ |
| areImportantFor | reconstruction of Trans–New Guinea proto-language ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Central and Western Highlands linguistic area ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
Enga people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huli people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ipili people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Enga Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hela Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Hagen region NERFINISHED ⓘ Porgera Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Highlands Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabag area ⓘ Western Highlands Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenOn | island of New Guinea ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn | Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| areUsedFor |
church and religious activities
ⓘ
local trade communication in the highlands ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Papuan languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
East Kewa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Huli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Imbongu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ipili language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyaka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Laiagam-Enga dialect cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendi language NERFINISHED ⓘ North Kewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sau language NERFINISHED ⓘ West Kewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveISOClassification | various individual ISO 639-3 codes per language ⓘ |
| haveNotableLanguage |
Enga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Trans–New Guinea family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| region | New Guinea Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.