Lehali language

E851582

The Lehali language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community on the Banks Islands in northern Vanuatu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Halia language 1
Lehali language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
contactLanguage Bislama NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
French
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
vulnerable
glottologName Lehali NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lehali NERFINISHED
Lohali NERFINISHED
Lohare
Lohari NERFINISHED
hasClauseStructure uses preverbal TAM markers
hasDemonstrativeSystem three-way spatial distinction
hasGlottocode leha1245
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other North–Central Vanuatu languages
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy Alexandre François NERFINISHED
hasMorphologyType moderately analytic
hasStressPattern predictable stress
ISO639-3 tql
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
North–Central Vanuatu NERFINISHED
Oceanic
Southern Oceanic NERFINISHED
locatedOn Ureparapara Island NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Lehalurup language
Lemerig language NERFINISHED
Vurës language NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakers few hundred
partOf Banks Islands linguistic area NERFINISHED
phonologyFeature contrast between short and long vowels
small consonant inventory typical of North–Central Vanuatu languages
region northern Vanuatu
riskFactor shift of younger speakers to Bislama
spokenBy small community
spokenIn Banks Islands NERFINISHED
Ureparapara Island NERFINISHED
Vanuatu NERFINISHED
subclassOf North–Central Vanuatu language
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
has dual and plural number in pronouns
has inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
possessive classifiers for alienable possession
prepositional language
uses subject proclitics on verbs
usedIn everyday communication within the local community
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Banks Islands hasNotableLanguage Lehali language
Buka Island hasLanguage Lehali language
this entity surface form: Halia language