Papua New Guinea Oceanic languages
E619348
Papua New Guinea Oceanic languages are a branch of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken across coastal and island regions of Papua New Guinea.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oceanic languages branch
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areAffectedBy |
language endangerment in some communities
ⓘ
language shift to Tok Pisin ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy | historical-comparative method ⓘ |
| areDocumentedIn |
descriptive grammars of individual languages
ⓘ
lexicons and wordlists of individual languages ⓘ |
| areKnownFor |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ rich pronominal systems ⓘ use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| areSpokenAlong |
Bismarck Sea coasts
ⓘ
Solomon Sea coasts ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
coastal communities of Papua New Guinea
ⓘ
island communities of Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| areStudiedBy | Austronesian linguists ⓘ |
| areStudiedFor | reconstruction of Proto-Oceanic ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | comparative Oceanic linguistics research ⓘ |
| coexistWith |
English in Papua New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Papuan languages of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Admiralty Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bismarck Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Bougainville region NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain region NERFINISHED ⓘ New Ireland region NERFINISHED ⓘ north coast of Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Admiralty Islands languages
ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ New Ireland–Northwest Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oceanic languages (Papua New Guinea branches) ⓘ |
| havePhonologicalFeature |
relatively small consonant inventories (in many member languages)
ⓘ
simple syllable structures (in many member languages) ⓘ |
| haveWritingSystem | Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ |
| higherLevelFamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shareFeatureWith | other Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Papua New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal regions of Papua New Guinea ⓘ island regions of Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Central–Eastern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| usedIn | local trade and communication in coastal Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
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