South Tanna language
E603809
South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Tanna language | 1 |
| Tanna languages | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryCode | VU ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnologueReference | South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | sout2850 ⓘ |
| glottologName | South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kwamera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nafe language ⓘ Nawis language NERFINISHED ⓘ South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Oceanic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kwamera dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Port Resolution dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ White Sands dialect ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
daily communication
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
small consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SVO basic word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nwi ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn | Tafea Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenOn | Tanna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Lenakel language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Tanna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitesands language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Vanuatu linguistic area ⓘ |
| region |
Melanesia
ⓘ
South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous communities of southern Tanna ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanna Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Tanna Island ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Southern Vanuatu language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local education
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Tanna language
this entity surface form:
Tanna languages