Lusi language

E619305

The Lusi language is an Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, belonging to the Western Bismarck subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lusi language canonical 3

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
familyBranch Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kaliai-Lusi ⓘ
Lusi-Kaliai ⓘ
linked to: Kaliai-Lusi
hasDomain vernacular communication ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Kove language ⓘ
Mangseng language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
head-initial language ⓘ
prepositional language ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
syllable structure predominantly CV ⓘ
isDocumentedIn grammatical descriptions of Western Bismarck languages ⓘ
ISO639-3Code khl ⓘ
isPartOf Western Bismarck language linkage ⓘ
isSpokenBy Lusi people ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageStatus living language ⓘ
languageSubfamily Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Western Bismarck languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Kove language ⓘ
Mangseng language ⓘ
Nakanai language ⓘ
region New Britain ⓘ
West New Britain Province ⓘ
spokenIn coastal areas of western New Britain ⓘ
communities around Hoskins area of West New Britain ⓘ
subclassOf Western Bismarck language ⓘ
usedFor local trade communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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