Hiw

E153875

Hiw is an Oceanic language spoken on Hiw Island in northern Vanuatu, known for its small speaker population and distinctive phonological features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hiw language 4
Hiw canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Lo-Toga language ⓘ
other Torres–Banks languages ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
endangermentStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hiw language ⓘ
linked to: Hiw
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDomain local communication on Hiw Island ⓘ
hasGlottocode hiww1237 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Hiw ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code hiw ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticFeature typical Oceanic alignment patterns ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers very small speaker population ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system ⓘ
distinctive phonological system ⓘ
unusual consonant contrasts for the region ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic research on Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
languageGroup Oceanic ⓘ
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
languageSubgroup Northern Vanuatu languages ⓘ
linked to: Vanuatu languages
locatedIn northern Vanuatu ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
spokenIn Hiw Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torres Islands ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
subclassOf Torres–Banks language ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup inhabitants of Hiw Island ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Hiw → hasGlottologName → Hiw ⓘ
Hiw → hasAlternativeName → Hiw language ⓘ
linked to: Hiw
Torres–Banks languages → hasMember → Hiw language ⓘ
linked to: Hiw
Torres–Banks language group → hasMember → Hiw language ⓘ
linked to: Hiw
Hiu → hasAlternativeName → Hiw ⓘ
Lo-Toga language → closelyRelatedTo → Hiw language ⓘ
linked to: Hiw