Abui

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Abui is a Papuan language spoken by the Abui people on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex verb morphology and typological interest.

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instanceOf Papuan language
language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
documentedBy Marian Klamer NERFINISHED
documentedIn dictionaries
grammars
text collections
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Abui people NERFINISHED
hasDialect Central Abui NERFINISHED
Northern Abui NERFINISHED
Southern Abui NERFINISHED
hasFeature SOV basic word order
alignment split
clause chaining
complex pronominal indexing
complex verb morphology
derivational verbal morphology
head-marking morphology
numeral classifiers
phonemic tone: no
rich verbal inflection
serial verb constructions
typological interest
hasISO6393Code abz
hasResearchFocus language documentation
morphosyntax
semantics
typology
languageFamily Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Timor–Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
locatedOn Alor Island NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Adang NERFINISHED
Blagar NERFINISHED
Kamang NERFINISHED
Teiwa NERFINISHED
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
spokenBy Abui people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Alor Island NERFINISHED
Indonesia
eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED
usedIn daily communication
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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