Kurti language

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Kurti is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken in the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.

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Kurti language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
coexistsWith English in Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasDomain local daily communication in the Admiralty Islands
traditional oral literature
hasFeature complex demonstrative system
contrast between oral and nasal vowels
distinction between alienable and inalienable possession
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
numeral classifiers
phonemic consonant length
phonemic vowel length
prenasalized stops
reduplication for grammatical or semantic purposes
rich system of possessive constructions
serial verb constructions
small phonemic inventory typical of many Oceanic languages
use of prepositions rather than postpositions
verb morphology marking aspect more than tense
hasTypology subject–verb–object word order
ISO639-3Code kru
isPartOf Admiralty Islands language group NERFINISHED
languageBranch Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
region Admiralty Islands NERFINISHED
spokenIn Admiralty Islands NERFINISHED
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family
usedBy Kurti-speaking communities in the Admiralty Islands
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Admiralty Islands languages hasMember Kurti language