Lemerig language

E851583

The Lemerig language is a highly endangered Oceanic language of northern Vanuatu, traditionally spoken by a small community on the Banks Islands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hermit language 1
Lemerig language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
belongsTo Austronesian language family NERFINISHED
classification Northern Vanuatu subgroup of Oceanic
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangermentCause language shift to other local languages
small speaker population
endangermentStatus highly endangered
hasAlternativeName Lemerig NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Oceanic language
ISO639-3Code lrz
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
languageSubgroup Northern Vanuatu languages
Oceanic languages
linguisticArea Northern Vanuatu linguistic area NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakers very few speakers
region Banks Islands NERFINISHED
spokenIn Banks Islands NERFINISHED
Vanuatu NERFINISHED
northern Vanuatu
spokenOn Banks Islands NERFINISHED
status moribund
traditionalRegion Banks Islands NERFINISHED
usedBy small community
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 Lemerig language
Manus people traditionalLanguage Lemerig language
this entity surface form: Hermit language