Teiwa language
E648904
Teiwa language is a Papuan language spoken by the Teiwa people on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Papuan languages of the Alor-Pantar family ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasAlignmentType | nominative-accusative alignment ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tewa (variant spelling) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicClauseType | transitive and intransitive clauses ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Papuan languages of Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Teiwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution | northwestern Pantar Island ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
limited nominal inflection
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom | Indonesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
verb-final language ⓘ |
| hasMajorReferenceGrammar | Teiwa (2010 grammar by Marian Klamer) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | a few hundred ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple syllable structure ⓘ small consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResearcher | Marian Klamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | local community language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | twe ⓘ |
| isSpokenNatively | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Alor-Pantar languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Timor-Alor-Pantar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Abui language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kaera language ⓘ Sar language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Alor-Pantar region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pantar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Teiwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Eastern Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Pantar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Teiwa communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.