Meyah language
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The Meyah language is a Papuan language spoken by the Meyah people of the Bird’s Head Peninsula in West Papua, Indonesia.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Papuan languages of Western New Guinea ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Meyah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Meah
ⓘ
Meyah ⓘ Meyakh ⓘ Meyakh language ⓘ Meyek ⓘ Meyet NERFINISHED ⓘ Meyet language ⓘ Meyet-Meyah NERFINISHED ⓘ Meyet-Meyah language ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
daily communication within Meyah communities
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional culture ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | meya1238 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Meyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Bird’s Head linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassificationStatus | well-attested in descriptive linguistics literature ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature | contrastive tone (reported for some varieties) ⓘ |
| hasSourceLanguageForLoanwords |
Indonesian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural villages in Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SOV word order (subject–object–verb) ⓘ |
| hasUsageTrend | shifting toward Indonesian among younger speakers ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mej ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | indigenous people of Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ |
| languageFamily | East Bird’s Head family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Hatam language
ⓘ
Manikion language ⓘ Sougb language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bird’s Head Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ West Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | East Bird’s Head language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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