Araki

E616980

Araki is a highly endangered Oceanic language spoken on Araki Island in Vanuatu, known for its small speaker population and distinctive phonological features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Araki canonical 3

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
endangermentStatus highly endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Araghi ⓘ
hasDocumentationType grammar ⓘ
lexicon ⓘ
text collection ⓘ
hasGlottocode arak1256 ⓘ
hasISOCode aax ⓘ
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy Alexandre François ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system ⓘ
distinctive phonological system ⓘ
unusual consonant contrasts for the region ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Northern Vanuatu languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo Bislama ⓘ
Sungwadia (neighboring language) ⓘ
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers very small speaker population ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersDate early 21st century ⓘ
region Torba Province ⓘ
riskFactor intergenerational transmission interrupted ⓘ
younger generations shifting to other languages ⓘ
spokenIn Araki Island ⓘ
Vanuatu ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of Araki Island ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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