ʼAreʼare dialect cluster

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The ʼAreʼare dialect cluster is a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken by the ʼAreʼare people of southern Malaita and nearby islands in the Solomon Islands.

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Label Occurrences
ʼAreʼare dialect cluster canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
dialect cluster
closelyRelatedTo Saʼa language NERFINISHED
other Southeast Solomonic languages
ʼArosi language
country Solomon Islands
ethnicGroup ʼAreʼare people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution small offshore islands near Malaita
southern Malaita Island
hasAlternativeName Areare NERFINISHED
Areʼare language NERFINISHED
hasPart coastal ʼAreʼare dialects
inland ʼAreʼare dialects
northern ʼAreʼare dialects
southern ʼAreʼare dialects
hasSpeakers ʼAreʼare communities in rural areas
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED
partOf Southeast Solomonic subgroup NERFINISHED
region Melanesia
spokenIn Malaita Province NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
nearby islands of Malaita
southern Malaita
status regional language in Solomon Islands
subclassOf Central-Eastern Oceanic language
Malayo-Polynesian language
typologicalFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
predominantly SVO word order
rich verbal morphology
use of prepositions rather than postpositions
usedFor customary ceremonies
daily communication among ʼAreʼare people
oral literature
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Malaita languages hasMember ʼAreʼare dialect cluster