Loyalty Islands linguistic area

E619248
Sprachbund linguistic area

The Loyalty Islands linguistic area is a region in New Caledonia characterized by a group of closely related Oceanic languages that share common structural and lexical features due to long-term contact.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Loyalty Islands languages 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
hasAdministrativeRegion Territory of New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasContactType intra-Austronesian contact ⓘ
hasCountry France NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature areal diffusion of grammatical patterns ⓘ
areal diffusion of phonological patterns ⓘ
areal diffusion of vocabulary ⓘ
long-term language contact ⓘ
shared lexical items due to contact ⓘ
shared structural features due to contact ⓘ
hasGeographicContext Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Drehu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fagauvea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iaai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lifu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maré language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nengone NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Uvean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageFamilyRelation closely related Oceanic languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticSubgroup Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ
hasSociohistoricalContext inter-island trade and migration in Loyalty Islands ⓘ
shared cultural networks in Loyalty Islands ⓘ
influences lexical borrowing among Loyalty Islands languages ⓘ
structural convergence among Loyalty Islands languages ⓘ
locatedIn Loyalty Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nengone language → isPartOf → Loyalty Islands linguistic area ⓘ
Drehu → subfamilyOf → Loyalty Islands linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loyalty Islands languages