Sar language

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Sar language is a Papuan language spoken on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex verb morphology and membership in the Alor–Pantar language family.

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instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
geneticClassification Trans–New Guinea (proposed) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Sar (Pantar) language
hasFeature complex verb agreement
prefixal and suffixal verb marking
rich verbal morphology
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakers small speaker population
hasResearchField Papuan linguistics
hasResearchInterest language contact in eastern Indonesia
verb morphology
hasWordOrder SOV (subject–object–verb)
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
isPartOf Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Alor–Pantar language family NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language in Indonesia
linguisticTypology Papuan
neighboringLanguages other Alor–Pantar languages
primaryLanguageOf Sar-speaking community on Pantar Island
region Alor Archipelago NERFINISHED
spokenIn Pantar Island NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pantar hasLanguage Sar language
Sara languages hasMember Sar language
Sara languages majorLanguageVariety Sar language