Lopevi

E606597

Lopevi is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, traditionally spoken on Lopevi Island in the central part of the archipelago.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lopevi canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
archipelago New Hebrides NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Paama NERFINISHED
South Efate NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangermentCause languageShiftToBislama
languageShiftToPaama
migration from Lopevi Island
ethnicGroup Lopevi people NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
prenasalized stops
rich verbal morphology
subject–verb–object word order
ISO639-3Code lpe
languageBranch Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central Vanuatu languages NERFINISHED
Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageOf Vanuatu NERFINISHED
languageStatus moribund
severely endangered
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
region central Vanuatu
spokenIn Lopevi Island NERFINISHED
Shefa Province NERFINISHED
traditionalRegion Lopevi Island NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Paama neighboringLanguage Lopevi