Yapen languages
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The Yapen languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Yapen Island and nearby areas off the north coast of Western New Guinea in Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yapen languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Papuan contact zone ⓘ |
| areEndangered | some member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| branchOf | Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian ⓘ |
| coexistWith |
Indonesian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papuan languages of Cenderawasih Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contactWith | Yawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Yapen Island and nearby small islands ⓘ |
| glottologCode | yape1251 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ambai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ansus language NERFINISHED ⓘ Anus language (Korur) NERFINISHED ⓘ Busami language (if classified as Yapen Austronesian) ⓘ Marau language NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuma language NERFINISHED ⓘ Podena language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pom language NERFINISHED ⓘ Serui-Laut language ⓘ Woi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yapen proper languages ⓘ Yawaic subgroup (Yapen Austronesian) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Papuan languages of Yapen and nearby mainland ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| linguisticClassificationSource |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glottolog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheRegion | north coast of Western New Guinea ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologyFeature |
moderately small consonant inventories
ⓘ
simple vowel systems ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Guinea area ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Biak language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Halmahera languages ⓘ Wandamen language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Papua Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Schouten Islands region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Yapen Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative morphology tendencies
ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedFor | local communication on Yapen Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for languages with orthographies) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.