Vele dialect
E921994
The Vele dialect is a regional variety of the Nakanai language spoken in parts of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vele dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Nakanai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| hasContactLanguage |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | phoneme inventory similar to Nakanai ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrateLanguage | Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isOralTraditionStrong | true ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | does not have an individual ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language variety ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| partOf | Nakanai dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | parts of New Britain ⓘ |
| sharesGrammarWith | Nakanai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesLexiconWith | other Nakanai dialects ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
New Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Nakanai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | Austronesian alignment patterns similar to Nakanai ⓘ |
| usedBy | local communities in New Britain ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
community life
ⓘ
home ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.