Mekeo language
E622993
The Mekeo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Mekeo people of southeastern Papua New Guinea, known for its complex verb morphology and rich system of spatial expressions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mekeo language canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable (reported) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mekeo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | accusative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Mekeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrderFlexibility | yes ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
East Mekeo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Mekeo NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Mekeo NERFINISHED ⓘ West Mekeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
rich system of spatial expressions ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
aspect
ⓘ
directionals ⓘ locatives ⓘ mood ⓘ number ⓘ person ⓘ tense ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNegationStrategy | verbal negation particles ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reported)
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory (relative to neighbors) ⓘ |
| hasPronominalSystem |
bound pronominal markers on verbs
ⓘ
independent pronouns ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
semantics of space and motion
ⓘ
spatial expressions ⓘ verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3 | mek ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | several thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
typological studies of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Malayo-Polynesian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Central Province, Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oceanic ⓘ |
| subgroup | Central Papuan Tip languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.