Ngada language

E682543

The Ngada language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ngada people in central Flores, Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.

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Label Occurrences
Ngada language canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsTo Central Flores languages NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnicGroup Ngada people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Ngadha NERFINISHED
Ngad’a NERFINISHED
hasDomain home communication
local cultural events
traditional ceremonies
hasFeature affixation in verbs
aspect distinctions
complex verbal morphology
derivational morphology
mood distinctions
oral literature
rich oral tradition
traditional storytelling
verb-focused morphology
voice distinctions
hasGlottocode ngad1269
hasISO639-3Code nxg
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal consonants
simple vowel system
hasTypology SVO word order
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Lesser Sunda Islands
locatedOn Flores NERFINISHED
partOf Austronesian linguistic heritage
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
spokenBy Ngada people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Flores NERFINISHED
Indonesia
central Flores NERFINISHED
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
threatenedBy Indonesian language
language shift to Indonesian
usedAs community language in Ngada Regency
usedIn chants
folktales
oral poetry
traditional rituals

Referenced by (2)

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

Lio language hasNeighboringLanguage Ngada language
Bajawa localLanguage Ngada language