Dela-Oenale language

E811003

The Dela-Oenale language is an Austronesian language spoken on Rote Island in Indonesia, known for its role in the cultural and linguistic diversity of the region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Oenale-Dela language 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsToBranch Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
contributesTo cultural diversity of Rote Island
linguistic diversity of Rote Island
country Indonesia
hasAlternativeName Dela language NERFINISHED
Dela-Oenale NERFINISHED
Oenale language NERFINISHED
hasDialects Dela dialect
Oenale dialect NERFINISHED
hasDomainOfUse home and community communication
traditional ceremonies
hasLanguageShiftTowards Indonesian language
hasLinguisticTypology Austronesian alignment patterns (broad family typology)
hasNeighboringLanguage Rotinese varieties
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
hasStatus local language
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order (reported for many Rote languages)
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Indonesia NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code row
isPartOf Rote languages
isRelatedTo Lole language NERFINISHED
Other Rote languages
Termanu language NERFINISHED
isSpokenBy Dela-Oenale people NERFINISHED
isSpokenInVillage Dela NERFINISHED
Oenale NERFINISHED
isSpokenOn Rote Island NERFINISHED
isUnderInfluenceOf Indonesian language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
script Latin script
spokenIn Indonesia
Rote Island NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
usedBy indigenous communities of Rote Island
usedIn local customary law discourse
oral tradition on Rote Island

Referenced by (2)

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

Rote languages hasPart Dela-Oenale language
Rote languages hasPart Dela-Oenale language
this entity surface form: Oenale-Dela language