Kuanua

E169113

Kuanua is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Tolai people of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

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Label Occurrences
Kuanua canonical 10

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Tolai language ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Tolai ⓘ
linked to: Tolai people
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasGlottocode tola1241 ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code tpi ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ksd ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 46-ACB-a ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature use of subject markers on verbs ⓘ
verb–subject–object basic word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages ⓘ
isTaughtIn some primary schools in East New Britain ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
region East New Britain ⓘ
spokenBy Tolai people ⓘ
spokenIn East New Britain Province ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in East New Britain ⓘ
usedIn church services in East New Britain ⓘ
local radio broadcasts in East New Britain ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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