Takuu language
E844860
The Takuu language is a Polynesian language spoken by the small community of Takuu Atoll (Mortlock Islands) near Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, noted for its conservative retention of many ancestral Polynesian features.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
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Polynesian language ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Takuu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mortlock language
NERFINISHED
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Takuu NERFINISHED ⓘ Takuu Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ Takuu dialect ⓘ |
| hasAncestralFeatures |
conservative retention of Polynesian grammatical structures
ⓘ
conservative retention of Proto-Polynesian phonology ⓘ conservative retention of Proto-Polynesian vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDomain |
Polynesian religious and ritual vocabulary
ⓘ
traditional navigation terminology ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | descriptive linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause |
out-migration from Takuu Atoll
ⓘ
pressure from dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | nho ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
limited inflection
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use of particles to mark tense-aspect-mood ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunityType | atoll community ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulation | small community ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
possessive constructions typical of Polynesian languages
ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear | Bougainville Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenOnIsland | Takuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Ellicean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup |
Oceanic languages
NERFINISHED
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Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Solomon Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith | other Polynesian outlier languages ⓘ |
| sharesLexicalSimilarityWith |
Nuguria language
NERFINISHED
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Nukumanu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontong Java language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tikopia language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
NERFINISHED
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Mortlock Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Takuu Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.