Kosraean language
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The Kosraean language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
→
Micronesian language → Oceanic language → natural language → |
| alternativeName |
Kosrae
→
Kusaie → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuukese language
→
Gilbertese language → Marshallese language → Pohnpeian language → |
| country |
Federated States of Micronesia
NERFINISHED
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|
| glottologCode |
kosr1238
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|
| glottologName |
Kosraean
→
|
| governingBody |
Kosrae State Department of Education
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|
| hasDomain |
education in Kosrae
→
local media in Kosrae → |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Kosraean people
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|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
prepositions rather than postpositions
→
subject marking on verbs → |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English language
→
German language → Japanese language → |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
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|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
possessive classifiers
→
rich verbal inflection → |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers |
several thousand
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|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
five-vowel system → simple consonant inventory → |
| hasScriptHistory |
missionary-devised Latin orthography
→
|
| hasSubgroup |
Nuclear Micronesian languages
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|
| hasWordOrder |
SVO
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|
| ISO639-1Code |
none
→
|
| ISO639-2Code |
kos
→
|
| ISO639-3Code |
kos
→
|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
→
Micronesian languages → Oceanic languages → |
| primaryRegion |
Island of Kosrae
→
|
| region |
Western Pacific Ocean
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|
| spokenIn |
Federated States of Micronesia
NERFINISHED
→
Kosrae → Micronesia → |
| status |
minority language
→
vulnerable language → |
| usedAlongside |
English language
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|
| usedFor |
daily communication on Kosrae
→
|
| usedInReligion |
Christian church services on Kosrae
→
|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Micronesia
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
→
|
hasMember |
|
Carolinean languages
→
|
hasPart |
|
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
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|
includesLanguage |
|
Kosraean people
→
|
language |
|
Caroline Islands
→
|
majorLanguages |
|
Micronesians
→
|
usesLanguage |