Wamesa language
E695192
The Wamesa language is an Austronesian language spoken by indigenous communities in the West Papua region of Indonesia.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | wame1241 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Wamesa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wamesa-Wondama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wandamen NERFINISHED ⓘ Wondama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactInfluenceFrom |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bintuni dialect
ⓘ
Windesi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wondama dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Papuan contact zone ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
subject agreement markers
ⓘ
verbal prefixes ⓘ verbal suffixes ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerNumberEstimate | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| isClassifiedBy |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glottolog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | wad ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
daily communication in some villages
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Manokwari Regency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teluk Wondama Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Wamesa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bird’s Head Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ West Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Austronesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities in West Papua ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.