Bima language

E153570

Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bima language canonical 9
Bimanese language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
alternativeName Bimanese language
Nggahi Mbojo
belongsTo Bima–Sumba subgroup
country Indonesia
hasBasicVocabularyInfluenceFrom Austronesian substratum
hasDistinctGrammar true
hasDistinctVocabulary true
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasGrammaticalFeature aspectual particles
preposed possessors
pronominal clitics
hasISO639-3Code bhp
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Dutch
Indonesian
Malay
hasLocalName Nggahi Mbojo
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakersApproximate 500000
hasPhonologicalContrast voiced and voiceless stops
hasPrimaryWordFormationProcess affixation
hasTypologicalFeature numeral classifiers
prepositions
hasWordOrder SVO
historicalWritingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Bima script
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Indonesian
linked to: Indonesian
isRelatedTo Flores languages
Sumbawa language
isSpokenByEthnicGroup Bima people
Mbojo people
isUsedAlongside Indonesian language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
region Lesser Sunda Islands
West Nusa Tenggara
spokenIn Indonesia
spokenInRegion Bima Regency
Dompu Regency
linked to: Dompu
spokenOn Sumbawa Island
linked to: Sumbawa
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Sumbawa languages
linked to: Sumbawa language
usedInDomain daily communication
local trade
oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Bima–Sumba languages hasMemberLanguage Bimanese language
linked to: Bima language
Nusa Tenggara language Bima language
Sasak closelyRelatedTo Bima language
West Nusa Tenggara hasLocalLanguage Bima language
Sunda-Sulawesi languages hasPart Bima language
Bima–Sumba group hasMemberLanguage Bima language
Bima people language Bima language
Bima people nativeLanguage Bima language