Bosavi languages
E602088
The Bosavi languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken around Mount Bosavi in the Southern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language group
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature | contact with other Papuan languages ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Trans–New Guinea area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | under-documented ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticRegion | Southern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyColor | Papuan ⓘ |
| fieldworkImportance | significant for understanding Papuan language diversity ⓘ |
| geneticRelationship | closely related languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | rainforest region around Mount Bosavi ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Bosavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Beami language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaluli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasua language NERFINISHED ⓘ Onobasulu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Samo language (Bosavi family) ⓘ Wasi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilySize | small ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Bosavi linguistic area ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Guinea Highlands region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroFamilyHypothesis | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamilies |
Trans–New Guinea languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Papuan language families ⓘ |
| populationContext | spoken by small language communities ⓘ |
| region |
Mount Bosavi area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Highlands Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenAround | Mount Bosavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Papuan languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ small phoneme inventories ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities around Mount Bosavi ⓘ |
| writingSystem | primarily oral tradition ⓘ |
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