South Ambrym language

E608746

South Ambrym language is an Oceanic language of the Austronesian family spoken on the southern part of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.

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South Ambrym language canonical 1

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instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Ni-Vanuatu people NERFINISHED
glottologName South Ambrym NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName South Ambrym NERFINISHED
Southern Ambrym NERFINISHED
hasDialect Endu dialect NERFINISHED
Epi-Ambrym dialect continuum (local varieties)
Toak dialect NERFINISHED
hasDomainOfUse home and community
local cultural practices
hasGlottocode sout2857
hasISO639-3Code tvk
hasMorphologicalFeature possessive classifiers
subject proclitics on verbs
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
small consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
prepositions rather than postpositions
hasTypologicalFeature head-initial syntax
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
isPartOf Ambrym languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
lexicalSimilarityWith other Central Vanuatu languages
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
neighboringLanguage Daakaka language NERFINISHED
Lonwolwol language
North Ambrym language
Port Vato language
region Malampa Province NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ambrym Island NERFINISHED
Vanuatu NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion southern Ambrym
subclassOf Central Vanuatu language NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian language
Southern Oceanic language NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Bislama NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
French NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Ambrym hasLanguage South Ambrym language