Yuri
E656840
Yuri is a Papuan language belonging to the Karkar-Yuri language family of New Guinea.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
limited grammatical description
ⓘ
limited lexical documentation ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
shift to English
ⓘ
shift to Tok Pisin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ case marking on nouns ⓘ complex pronominal system ⓘ distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns ⓘ moderately small phoneme inventory ⓘ phonemic tone absent ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
short grammatical sketches
ⓘ
wordlists ⓘ |
| isoStatus | may lack a distinct ISO 639-3 code or be grouped under a related variety ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Papuan languages of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Karkar-Yuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Karkar-Yuri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Sepik–Ramu region of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Arafundi languages
ⓘ
Karkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Yuat languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Karkar-Yuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalClass | Papuan (non-Austronesian) language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yuri ethnic group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in local communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional stories and songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.