Ngunese
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Ngunese is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, also known as Nakanamanga, spoken primarily on Efate and nearby islands.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nakanamanga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nguna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Nguna people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationAccordingTo |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glottolog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
North Efate language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Efate language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | islands north of Efate ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Emau dialects
ⓘ
Nguna dialects ⓘ Pele dialects ⓘ Tongoa-related varieties ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
ⓘ
number distinction in pronouns ⓘ possessive classifiers ⓘ prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ use of preverbal particles to mark tense-aspect-mood ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicons ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nnn ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| languageGroup | Oceanic ⓘ |
| region | Central Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn |
Efate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nguna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ nearby islands of Efate ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Central Vanuatu languages
ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Bislama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ French ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in local communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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