Efate–Shepherds area

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The Efate–Shepherds area is a region of central Vanuatu encompassing Efate Island and the nearby Shepherd Islands, known for its diverse indigenous languages and cultures.

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Efate–Shepherds area canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
hasCharacteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
linguistically diverse ⓘ
hasColonialLanguage Bislama ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial exchange ⓘ
customary land tenure ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional chiefly systems ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature island-based settlement patterns ⓘ
language contact ⓘ
multilingual communities ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Emae language ⓘ
Eton language ⓘ
Lelepa language ⓘ
linked to: Lehali language

Makasura language ⓘ
Nakanamanga ⓘ
Namakura ⓘ
Nguna ⓘ
Sesake language ⓘ
South Efate ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Oceanic languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubgroup Central Vanuatu languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
hasMajorUrbanCenter Port Vila ⓘ
includesIsland Efate ⓘ
includesIslandGroup Shepherd Islands ⓘ
knownFor diverse indigenous cultures ⓘ
diverse indigenous languages ⓘ
locatedIn central Vanuatu ⓘ
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Melanesia ⓘ
partOf Vanuatu archipelago ⓘ
linked to: New Hebrides
subjectOfStudy Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
anthropology of Vanuatu ⓘ

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

Nafe language → region → Efate–Shepherds area ⓘ
subject linked to: Nafe (Nguna) language