Gapapaiwa language
E622548
The Gapapaiwa language is an Oceanic language of the Papuan Tip region of Papua New Guinea, spoken by the Gapapaiwa people in coastal communities of Milne Bay Province.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gapapaiwa language canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Gapapaiwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottologName | Gapapaiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gapapaiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClassificationSource |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glottolog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | gapa1246 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Papuan Tip Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| hasTypology | prepositional language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | pwg ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic ⓘ Papuan Tip NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Are language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dawawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Suau language ⓘ |
| region | coastal communities of Milne Bay Province ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Gapapaiwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Milne Bay Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuan Tip region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Nuclear Papuan Tip language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papuan Tip language ⓘ Suauic language ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in Gapapaiwa communities ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
local religious activities
ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.