Kilivila
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Kilivila is an Austronesian language spoken by the Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kilivila canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kilibila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kiriwina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trobriand cricket
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trobriand yam exchange rituals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dobu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muyuw language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
ethnographic studies of the Trobriand Islanders ⓘ lexicons and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Trobriand Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Trobriand identity
ⓘ
medium of customary law and dispute resolution ⓘ medium of oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
agricultural vocabulary
ⓘ
kinship terminology ⓘ traditional magic and ritual terminology ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
inclusive-exclusive first person plural distinction
ⓘ
numeral classifiers ⓘ possessive classifiers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasNotableResearcher |
Bronisław Malinowski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunter Senft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | kij ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Papuan Tip Cluster of Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Trobriand Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Milne Bay Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trobriand Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | local lingua franca in the Trobriand Islands ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Papuan Tip languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Trobriand Islander communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.