Kwamera language

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Kwamera language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community on Tanna Island in Vanuatu.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kwamera language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers a few thousand ⓘ
belongsToBranch Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
countryOfficial not an official language of Vanuatu ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kwamera ⓘ
Nafe ⓘ
South Tanna ⓘ
hasDomain daily communication in Kwamera-speaking villages ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasGlottocode kwam1252 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Kwamera ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Lenakel language ⓘ
North Tanna language ⓘ
Whitesands language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
isEndangered yes ⓘ
ISO639-3Code tnk ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
locatedOn Tanna Island ⓘ
linked to: Tanna
region Tafea Province ⓘ
spokenBy Kwamera people ⓘ
spokenIn South Pacific ⓘ
Tanna Island ⓘ
linked to: Tanna

Vanuatu ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ
subfamily Southern Vanuatu languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature verb-initial word order (commonly VSO or VOS) ⓘ
usedIn local community life on Tanna Island ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kwamera → hasAlternativeName → Kwamera language ⓘ
Lenakel language → hasNeighborLanguage → Kwamera language ⓘ