Longgu
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Longgu is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich system of possessive constructions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Longgu canonical | 1 |
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
alienable–inalienable possession distinction
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complex verbal morphology ⓘ possessive classifiers ⓘ rich possessive construction system ⓘ subject agreement marking on verbs ⓘ tense–aspect–mood marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | predominantly analytic with agglutinative verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasPossessionType |
direct possession
ⓘ
indirect possession via classifiers ⓘ |
| hasResearch |
descriptive grammar
ⓘ
studies of possessive constructions ⓘ studies of verbal morphology ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | lgu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| region | Central Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guadalcanal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.