Uneapa language
E619306
The Uneapa language is an Oceanic language spoken on Uneapa (Bali) Island in Papua New Guinea’s West New Britain Province, belonging to the Western Bismarck subgroup.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Bali language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uneapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalArea | Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested Oceanic language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| geographicGroup | Bismarck Archipelago languages ⓘ |
| glottologCode | unea1237 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Uneapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | vernacular communication ⓘ |
| hasGrammarProperty |
serial verb constructions
ⓘ
verb-initial structures in some clause types ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
ⓘ
possessive classifiers ⓘ prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple syllable structure, predominantly CV ⓘ small consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| hasSource | described in Oceanic linguistics literature ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature | SVO word order (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | bbn ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Oceanic ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterBody | Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Mangseng language
ⓘ
Nakanai language ⓘ Vitu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West New Britain Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Uneapa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bali Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uneapa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Bismarck language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Meso-Melanesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Bismarck languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | local lingua franca on Uneapa Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.