Nuaulu language

E609565

The Nuaulu language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Nuaulu people on Seram Island in Indonesia, known for its complex verb morphology and endangered status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
alignmentType accusative alignment
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus endangered
hasAlternativeName Nuaulu NERFINISHED
Nuaulu (Seram) NERFINISHED
hasDialect North Nuaulu NERFINISHED
South Nuaulu NERFINISHED
hasFeature aspect marking
mood marking
noun classifiers
object agreement
possessive constructions
prefixing morphology
rich verbal affixation
subject agreement
suffixing morphology
voice alternations
hasGlottocode nuau1240
hasISO6393Code nxl
languageFamily Austronesian languages
morphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
region eastern Seram
spokenBy Nuaulu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Indonesia
Maluku NERFINISHED
Seram Island NERFINISHED
subfamily Central Maluku languages NERFINISHED
threatenedBy dominance of Ambonese Malay
language shift to Indonesian
typologicalFeature verb-initial tendencies
usedIn daily communication within Nuaulu communities
ritual contexts
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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