Lau (Malaita)

E148551

Lau (Malaita) is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken on Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lau language (Malaita) 6
Lau (Malaita Province) 2
Lau (Malaita) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lau people of Malaita ⓘ
linked to: Malaitan people
geographicDistribution north and northeast coasts of Malaita Island ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lau ⓘ
hasDialects Northern Lau ⓘ
Southern Lau ⓘ
hasGlottocode laum1246 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Lau (Malaita Province) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
hasLinguisticClassificationLevel language (not dialect) ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
prepositional language ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Fataleka ⓘ
Kwaro'ae ⓘ
To'abaita ⓘ
linked to: Toabaita
hasParentLanguageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian subgroup ⓘ
Oceanic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported) ⓘ
simple consonant inventory (typical Oceanic) ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Solomon Islands ⓘ
ISO639-3Code llu ⓘ
isPartOf Central Solomon languages (broad areal grouping) ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian ⓘ
Oceanic ⓘ
region Malaita Province ⓘ
spokenIn Malaita Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
subclassOf Central-Eastern Oceanic language ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian language ⓘ
usedAlongside English (Solomon Islands) ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Southeast Solomonic languages → hasMember → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Malaita → hasLanguage → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Baeggu → neighboringLanguage → Lau (Malaita language) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Lau (Malaita) → hasGlottologName → Lau (Malaita Province) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Toʻabaita language → isSpokenNear → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Toʻabaita language → isRelatedTo → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Fataleka language → neighboringLanguage → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Malaita languages → hasMember → Lau language (Malaita) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)
Lau → hasAlternativeName → Lau (Malaita) ⓘ
Lau → glottologName → Lau (Malaita Province) ⓘ
linked to: Lau (Malaita)