Alorese language

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Alorese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Alor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, closely related to but distinct from neighboring Lamaholot varieties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsTo Flores-Lembata-Alor linguistic region NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Lamaholot language NERFINISHED
distinctFrom Lamaholot language NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Alor Malay NERFINISHED
Bahasa Alor NERFINISHED
hasClauseType predicate-initial in some constructions
hasContactWith Papuan languages of Alor-Pantar family
hasDomainOfUse coastal communities
interethnic communication
hasGlottocode alore1238
hasGlottologName Alorese NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code aol
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticArea Alor-Pantar linguistic area NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Indonesian language
Lamaholot language NERFINISHED
Papuan languages
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand (approximate)
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory
hasResearcher Marian Klamer NERFINISHED
hasStatus minority language in Indonesia
hasSyntax head-initial
hasTypologicalFeature prepositional language
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isCoastalVarietyOf Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum NERFINISHED
isEndangered true
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
spokenBy Alorese people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Alor Island NERFINISHED
Indonesia
Pantar Island NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED
spokenOn Alor and nearby islands
subfamilyOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
threatenedBy Alor-Pantar Papuan languages NERFINISHED
Indonesian language
usedAs lingua franca
trade language

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Alor archipelago hasLanguage Alorese language