Mwerlap language

E603832

Mwerlap language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mwerlap language canonical 6
Mwotlap language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Mwerlap people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Merelava ⓘ
Merlav ⓘ
Mwerlap ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ
hasDomain vernacular communication in Mere Lava and Merig ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Dorig language ⓘ
Koro language (Vanuatu) ⓘ
Lakona language ⓘ
Lehali language ⓘ
Lemerig language ⓘ
Lo-Toga language ⓘ
Mota language ⓘ
Mwerlap-related North Vanuatu languages ⓘ
Mwotlap language ⓘ
Nume language ⓘ
Olrat language ⓘ
Vera'a language ⓘ
Vurës language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResearcher Alexandre François ⓘ
ISO639-3 mrm ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
North and Central Vanuatu languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers small community ⓘ
region northern Vanuatu ⓘ
spokenIn Banks Islands ⓘ
Mere Lava Island ⓘ
Merig Island ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
subclassOf Southern Oceanic language ⓘ
usedIn local oral tradition ⓘ
local storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Mwerlap → hasAlternativeName → Mwerlap language ⓘ
Mwotlap → alsoKnownAs → Mwotlap language ⓘ
linked to: Mwerlap language
Banks Islands → hasNotableLanguage → Mwotlap language ⓘ
linked to: Mwerlap language
Banks Islands → hasNotableLanguage → Mwerlap language ⓘ
Torres–Banks languages → hasMember → Mwerlap language ⓘ
Torres–Banks language group → hasMember → Mwerlap language ⓘ
Merelava → hasLanguage → Mwerlap language ⓘ
subject linked to: island of Merelava
Gaua → hasIndigenousLanguages → Mwerlap language ⓘ