South Efate language

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South Efate is an Oceanic language of central Vanuatu, spoken primarily on Efate Island and known for its role in the region’s rich linguistic diversity.

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Label Occurrences
South Efate language canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
contributesTo linguistic diversity of Vanuatu
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottologCode sout2854
hasAlternativeName Erakor NERFINISHED
Erakor–Eratap NERFINISHED
Nafsan NERFINISHED
Nafsan language NERFINISHED
South Efate NERFINISHED
South Efate Nafsan NERFINISHED
hasDialects Erakor dialect
Erakor–Eratap dialects
hasDomain daily communication in local communities
local cultural practices
traditional oral narratives
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
prepositional phrase marking
rich pronominal system
serial verb constructions
verb-initial word order tendencies
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment nominative–accusative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasWordOrder flexible word order
iso639-3Code erk
isSubjectOf South Efate grammar
descriptive linguistic studies on Oceanic syntax
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
locatedNear Port Vila NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Lelepa language
Nguna language NERFINISHED
North Efate language NERFINISHED
partOf Efate languages NERFINISHED
region Shefa Province NERFINISHED
spokenIn Efate Island NERFINISHED
central Vanuatu
subfamilyOf Central Vanuatu languages NERFINISHED
Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
typologicalClassification analytic language
head-marking language
usedBy communities in villages around Port Vila
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.

Nafe (Nguna) language hasNeighboringLanguage South Efate language
subject surface form: Nafe language
South Efate hasAlternativeName South Efate language