Abui language
E761539
The Abui language is a Papuan language spoken by the Abui people on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and typological distinctiveness.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alor–Pantar language
ⓘ
Papuan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | split alignment ⓘ |
| contactLanguage |
Alor Malay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Abui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abui (Alor)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abui Tanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Abui Tasif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositional marking ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Northern Abui (reported)
ⓘ
Southern Abui (reported) ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammar ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | abui1241 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Abui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | abz ⓘ |
| hasLanguageShiftPressureFrom | Indonesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorResearcher |
František Kratochvíl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marian Klamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature |
derivational verbal morphology
ⓘ
possessive marking ⓘ rich verbal agreement ⓘ valency-changing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reported)
ⓘ
moderate consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV (tendency) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Alor–Pantar language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Trans–New Guinea languages (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyFeature | complex morphology ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| region | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | several thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alor Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication within Abui communities
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.