Wetar-Dai

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Wetar-Dai is an Austronesian language variety spoken on Wetar Island in Indonesia, closely related to other Central Malayo-Polynesian languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wetar (Dai) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsTo languages of Indonesia
languages of Maluku
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus likely vulnerable or endangered
hasAlternativeName Dai (Wetar) NERFINISHED
Wetar Dai NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian NERFINISHED
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
hasISOStatus no ISO 639-1 code
no widely used separate ISO 639-3 code reported
hasLinguisticClassificationLevel language variety
hasNeighborLanguage other Wetar Island Austronesian varieties
isRelatedTo other Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
isSpokenOn Wetar Island in the Banda Sea NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian

Central Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
locatedIn Southeast Asia
partOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian languages
region Maluku NERFINISHED
spokenIn Indonesia
Wetar Island NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order (assumed for Central Malayo-Polynesian)
usedBy ethnic communities on Wetar Island
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wetar language hasAlternativeName Wetar-Dai
this entity surface form: Wetar (Dai)