Torres–Banks languages

E603811

Oceanic languages language family

The Torres–Banks languages are a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in the Torres and Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Torres–Banks language	4
Torres–Banks languages canonical	4
Torres–Banks languages continuum	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oceanic languages ⓘ language family ⓘ
areClassifiedBy	comparative linguistics ⓘ
areCloselyRelated	each other ⓘ
areDocumentedBy	field linguists ⓘ
areEndangered	some member languages ⓘ
areStudiedIn	Oceanic linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
areUsedFor	local communication ⓘ
coexistWith	Bislama language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution	small islands north of Espiritu Santo ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	over 9000 ⓘ
hasMember	Dorig language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiw language NERFINISHED ⓘ Koro language (Vanuatu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakona language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lehali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lemerig language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lo-Toga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Löyöp language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwerlap language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwesen language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwotlap language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nokovula language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nokuku language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nokuku–Nokovula dialect cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Nume language NERFINISHED ⓘ Olrat language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pak language NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera'a language NERFINISHED ⓘ Volow language NERFINISHED ⓘ Vurës language ⓘ
haveWritingSystem	Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Vanuatu ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Torres and Banks Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
shareFeature	similar basic vocabulary ⓘ similar grammatical structures ⓘ similar phonological systems ⓘ
spokenIn	Banks Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Central Vanuatu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Vurës → subfamilyOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

Lo-Toga → subclassOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

Hiw → subclassOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torres–Banks language

Mwerlap → hasLinguisticArea → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

Lemerig → subclassOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torres–Banks language

Mwotlap → subclassOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torres–Banks language

Mwotlap → partOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torres–Banks languages continuum

Mota → subclassOf → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torres–Banks language

Torres Islands → hasLanguageFamily → Torres–Banks languages ⓘ