Sawu

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Sawu is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.

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Sawu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Savu people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hawu language NERFINISHED
Savu language
hasDialects dialects on Savu Island
hasGlottocode sawu1245
hasGlottologName Sawu NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code hvn
hasNeighbouringLanguage Rote language NERFINISHED
Sumbanese languages NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isSpokenBy Savu people NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Savu Island NERFINISHED
region eastern Indonesia
spokenIn East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
Indonesia
Savu Island NERFINISHED
subclassOf Austronesian language
Central Malayo-Polynesian language
Malayo-Polynesian language
usedIn daily communication on Savu Island
traditional rituals on Savu Island
wordOrder SVO

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