Kosraean language
E81025
The Kosraean language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kosraean language canonical | 11 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Micronesian language ⓘ Oceanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kosrae State
ⓘ
surface form:
Kosrae
Kusaie ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Chuukese language
Gilbertese language ⓘ Marshallese language ⓘ Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Pohnpeian language
|
| country | Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ |
| glottologCode | kosr1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Kosraean ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kosrae State Department of Education ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
education in Kosrae
ⓘ
local media in Kosrae ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Kosraean people ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
prepositions rather than postpositions
ⓘ
subject marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English language
ⓘ
German language ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese language
|
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
possessive classifiers
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | several thousand ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasScriptHistory | missionary-devised Latin orthography ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Micronesian languages
|
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | kos ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kos ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Kosrae State
ⓘ
surface form:
Island of Kosrae
|
| region |
western Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Pacific Ocean
|
| spokenIn |
Federated States of Micronesia
ⓘ
Kosrae State ⓘ
surface form:
Kosrae
Micronesia ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | English language ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication on Kosrae ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Christian church services on Kosrae ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.