Yabem-Takia language continuum

E619330

Austronesian language variety language continuum

The Yabem–Takia language continuum is a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in coastal and island areas of northern Papua New Guinea, forming a dialect chain rather than a single uniform language.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yabem–Takia language continuum	43

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language variety ⓘ language continuum ⓘ
characterizedBy	gradual grammatical differences across regions ⓘ gradual lexical differences across regions ⓘ gradual phonological differences across regions ⓘ mutual intelligibility between neighboring varieties ⓘ
continuumType	geographic dialect continuum ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Yabem–Takia dialect chain ⓘ
hasCoreLanguages	Takia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabem NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableVariety	Takia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabem NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Takia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabem language NERFINISHED ⓘ related coastal dialects of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ related island dialects of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasSubfamily	North New Guinea subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic ⓘ Western Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature	SVO basic word order ⓘ prepositions ⓘ relatively simple consonant inventories ⓘ use of verbal prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
influencedBy	contact with neighboring Papuan languages ⓘ
languageBranch	North New Guinea branch of Western Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticStatus	cluster of closely related languages ⓘ not a single uniform language ⓘ
locatedIn	Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
memberOf	Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ North New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Bismarck Sea coastal region NERFINISHED ⓘ Huon Gulf region NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	coastal areas of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ island areas of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ dialect chain ⓘ
usedBy	coastal communities of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ island communities of northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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

Bel languages → hasMember → Yabem-Takia language continuum ⓘ