Northern Lau
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Northern Lau is a dialectal variety of the Lau language spoken on Malaita in the Solomon Islands, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features.
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
dialectal variety ⓘ variety of Lau language ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | coastal areas of northern Malaita ⓘ |
| hasDialectalStatus | regional dialect of Lau ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeatures | distinct from other Lau dialects ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | dialect-specific vocabulary items ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeatures | distinct from other Lau dialects ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | distinct consonant and vowel realizations compared to other Lau dialects ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
Central Lau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Lau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | unstandardized oral variety ⓘ |
| isSpokenNativelyBy | indigenous inhabitants of northern Malaita ⓘ |
| isVarietyOf | Lau language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lau dialect continuum ⓘ |
| region | northern Malaita ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malaita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Lau language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lau-speaking communities of northern Malaita ⓘ |
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