Sursurunga language

E619309

The Sursurunga language is an Austronesian language spoken on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, notable for its complex numeral system and membership in the Western Bismarck subgroup.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sursurunga language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Austronesian languages ⓘ
geneticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Western Oceanic > Meso-Melanesian > Western Bismarck ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sursurunga ⓘ
Sursurunga (New Ireland) ⓘ
hasGlottologCode surs1248 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Sursurunga ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code sgz ⓘ
hasNotableFeature base-2 numeral elements ⓘ
classifiers in numeral system ⓘ
complex numeral system ⓘ
multiple sets of numerals ⓘ
isPartOf Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
locatedOn New Ireland Island ⓘ
macroArea Papunesia ⓘ
region New Ireland Province ⓘ
spokenIn New Ireland ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subfamilyOf Western Bismarck languages ⓘ
subgroupOf Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature has complex counting system for different noun classes ⓘ
uses numeral classifiers ⓘ
usedBy Sursurunga people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Western Bismarck languages → hasMember → Sursurunga language ⓘ
Torres–Bismarck languages → hasMember → Sursurunga language ⓘ
Sursurunga → hasAlternativeName → Sursurunga language ⓘ
Proto-Western Oceanic → hasDescendant → Sursurunga language ⓘ