South Tanna language

E603809

South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
South Tanna language canonical 2
Tanna languages 2
North Tanna language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
countryCode VU ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnologueReference South Tanna ⓘ
glottocode sout2850 ⓘ
glottologName South Tanna ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kwamera ⓘ
Nafe language ⓘ
Nawis language ⓘ
South Tanna ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
hasDialects Kwamera dialect ⓘ
Port Resolution dialect ⓘ
White Sands dialect ⓘ
hasDomain daily communication ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasMorphology moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonology contrastive vowel length ⓘ
small consonant inventory ⓘ
hasTypology SVO basic word order ⓘ
ISO639-3 nwi ⓘ
isSpokenIn Tafea Province ⓘ
isSpokenOn Tanna Island ⓘ
linked to: Tanna
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Lenakel language ⓘ
North Tanna language ⓘ
Whitesands language ⓘ
partOf Southern Vanuatu linguistic area ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ
spokenBy indigenous communities of southern Tanna ⓘ
spokenIn Tanna Island ⓘ
linked to: Tanna

Vanuatu ⓘ
southern Tanna Island ⓘ
subclassOf Southern Vanuatu language ⓘ
usedIn local education ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kwamera → hasAlternativeName → South Tanna language ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages → includesLanguage → Tanna languages ⓘ
linked to: South Tanna language
Lenakel → closelyRelatedTo → North Tanna language ⓘ
linked to: South Tanna language
Anejom → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Tanna languages ⓘ
linked to: South Tanna language
Whitesands language → hasNeighboringLanguage → South Tanna language ⓘ
Lenakel language → hasDialect → Southwest Tanna dialect ⓘ
linked to: South Tanna language