Kwamera language

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Kwamera language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community on Tanna Island in Vanuatu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
approximateNumberOfSpeakers a few thousand
belongsToBranch Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
countryOfficial not an official language of Vanuatu
hasAlternativeName Kwamera NERFINISHED
Nafe NERFINISHED
South Tanna NERFINISHED
hasDomain daily communication in Kwamera-speaking villages
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
hasGlottocode kwam1252
hasGlottologName Kwamera NERFINISHED
hasNeighborLanguage Lenakel language
North Tanna language NERFINISHED
Whitesands language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels
prenasalized stops
isEndangered yes
ISO639-3Code tnk
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
locatedOn Tanna Island NERFINISHED
region Tafea Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Kwamera people NERFINISHED
spokenIn South Pacific
Tanna Island NERFINISHED
Vanuatu NERFINISHED
status minority language
vulnerable language
subfamily Southern Vanuatu languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature verb-initial word order (commonly VSO or VOS)
usedIn local community life on Tanna Island
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kwamera hasAlternativeName Kwamera language