Raga

E153879

Raga is an Oceanic language spoken on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, known for its rich oral traditions and complex verb morphology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Raga canonical 5
Raga-Hano 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
hasAlternativeName Hano
Raga-Hano
linked to: Raga
hasComplexVerbMorphology true
hasCountry Vanuatu
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 lml
hasLanguageFamilyBranch Southern Oceanic languages
hasMorphologicalFeature subject marking on verbs
tense-aspect-mood marking on verbs
verbal prefixes
verbal suffixes
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in descriptions of North Vanuatu languages)
hasRegion Pentecost Island NERFINISHED
hasRichOralTraditions true
hasStatus local language of Pentecost Island
hasTypologicalFeature prepositions rather than postpositions
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isSpokenBy Raga people
locatedInLinguisticArea Melanesia
partOfLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
Oceanic languages
partOfLanguageSubgroup North Vanuatu languages
linked to: Vanuatu languages
spokenIn Pentecost Island NERFINISHED
Vanuatu
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
rituals
storytelling

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