Karkar-Yuri

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Karkar-Yuri is a Papuan language spoken on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea, known for its complex verbal morphology and relatively small speaker community.

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instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasDomain everyday communication on Karkar Island
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
small speaker community
hasMorphologyType fusional-agglutinative
hasSociolinguisticSituation pressure from larger regional languages
hasTypologicalFeature complex verb inflection
rich morphology
languageFamily Papuan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
neighboringLanguages other Papuan languages of Madang region
region Madang Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Karkar Island communities
spokenIn Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
spokenOn Karkar Island NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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