Vera’a

E603833
Austronesian language Oceanic language natural language

Vera’a is an Oceanic language of northern Vanuatu, spoken on the island of Vanua Lava in the Banks Islands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vera’a canonical 3
Vera'a 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vatrata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vatratas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veraa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proto–North-Central Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse home and community communication ⓘ
traditional cultural practices ⓘ
hasGlottocode vera1241 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Vera’a NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code vra ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Lemerig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mwotlap NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vurës NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature possessive classifiers ⓘ
subject proclitics ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType analytic ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers a few hundred speakers (approximate) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
hasStressPattern predominantly penultimate stress ⓘ
hasSyllableStructure predominantly (C)V syllables ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isPartOf Banks Islands linguistic area ⓘ
isSpokenBy Vera’a-speaking community of Vanua Lava ⓘ
isSubjectOf descriptive grammar studies ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northern Vanuatu ⓘ
region Torres–Banks languages area NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Banks Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanua Lava NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf North Vanuatu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torres–Banks language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mwerlap → closelyRelatedTo → Vera’a ⓘ
Lemerig → closelyRelatedTo → Vera’a ⓘ
Mwotlap → closelyRelatedTo → Vera’a ⓘ
Mota → closelyRelatedTo → Vera’a ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vera'a