Yabem language

E619324
Austronesian language natural language

The Yabem language is an Austronesian language of coastal Papua New Guinea, historically used as a Lutheran mission lingua franca in the Morobe Province.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yareba language 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
glottologCode yabe1253 ⓘ
glottologName Yabem NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jabem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jabêm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yabim NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain church ⓘ
education ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
hasEducationalMaterial catechisms ⓘ
primers ⓘ
hasLexifierRelation lexifier for some regional pidginized varieties ⓘ
hasLinguisticStudyBy Otto Dempwolff NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticStudyBy missionary linguists of the Lutheran Church ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature object marking on verbs ⓘ
subject marking on verbs ⓘ
verbal prefixes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasReligiousText Bible translations ⓘ
hymnals ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence early 20th century ⓘ
historicalRole Lutheran mission lingua franca in Morobe Province ⓘ
iso639-3Code jae ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
region Morobe Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
shiftTo English NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Yabem people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Finschhafen area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huon Gulf coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lae area ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf Huon Gulf languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngero–Vitiaz languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
North New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy Lutheran missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Lutheran church activities ⓘ
coastal areas of Morobe Province ⓘ
interethnic communication in Morobe Province ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
schooling in mission schools ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Bel languages → hasMember → Yabem language ⓘ
Huon Gulf languages → hasLanguage → Yabem language ⓘ
Papuan Tip linkage → hasLanguage → Yabem language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yareba language