Siar language

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The Siar language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Siar people of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

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Label Occurrences
Siar language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangermentStatus vulnerable
family Austronesian languages
hasAlternativeName Siar of New Ireland NERFINISHED
hasFeature inclusive–exclusive first person plural distinction (typical of many Oceanic languages)
phonemic vowel length (typical of many Oceanic languages)
hasTypology agglutinative morphology
ISO639-3Code sjr
languageFamilyBranch Meso-Melanesian languages (classification used by some linguists)
languageStatus minority language in Papua New Guinea
location New Ireland Province NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Kuanua language NERFINISHED
Nalik language NERFINISHED
region New Ireland NERFINISHED
spokenBy Siar people NERFINISHED
spokenIn coastal communities of New Ireland
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication within Siar communities
usedIn local customary practices and ceremonies
traditional oral narratives
wordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Bel languages hasMember Siar language