Southwest Indian Ocean linguistic area

E695124
Sprachbund linguistic area

The Southwest Indian Ocean linguistic area is a region encompassing parts of Madagascar and nearby islands where diverse languages, including Bantu and Austronesian varieties, have converged and influenced one another through prolonged contact.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pulaar-speaking world 1
Southwest Indian Ocean linguistic area canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
hasContactType areal diffusion ⓘ
language convergence ⓘ
prolonged language contact ⓘ
hasFeature shared lexical items ⓘ
shared phonological traits ⓘ
shared syntactic traits ⓘ
structural convergence between Bantu and Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasHistoricalProcess Indian Ocean trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonial contact ⓘ
maritime migration ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
French language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyConcept Bantu–Austronesian contact NERFINISHED ⓘ
creole formation in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasLanguage Agalega Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chagossian Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Comorian language ⓘ
Indo-Portuguese creoles of the Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malagasy language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauritian Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rodriguan Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Réunion Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seychellois Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shimaore ⓘ
Shimwali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shindzuani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shingazidja NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Arabic ⓘ
Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegion Comoros NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mascarene Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauritius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayotte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Réunion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seychelles NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Indian Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInField Indian Ocean linguistics ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth several centuries of contact ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kibushi → hasLinguisticArea → Southwest Indian Ocean linguistic area ⓘ
Futa Tooro → culturalRegionOf → Southwest Indian Ocean linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pulaar-speaking world