Hiu

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Hiu is an Oceanic language spoken on Hiu Island in northern Vanuatu, closely related to the neighboring Lo-Toga language.

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Hiu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Lo-Toga NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Hiu Island, Torres Islands, Vanuatu NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hiw NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeSpelling Hiu language NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic language
hasNeighboringLanguage Lo-Toga NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3Code hiw
languageBranch Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Torres–Banks languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn northern Vanuatu
neighboringLanguage Lo-Toga NERFINISHED
partOf Torres–Banks language area NERFINISHED
region Torres Islands, Vanuatu NERFINISHED
spokenBy indigenous communities of Hiu Island
spokenIn Hiu Island NERFINISHED
Torres Islands NERFINISHED
spokenOn Hiu Island NERFINISHED
typologicalClass SVO word order language
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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