Alorese language

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Alorese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Alor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, closely related to but distinct from neighboring Lamaholot varieties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alorese language canonical 5
Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsTo Flores-Lembata-Alor linguistic region ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Lamaholot language ⓘ
distinctFrom Lamaholot language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Alor Malay ⓘ
Bahasa Alor ⓘ
hasClauseType predicate-initial in some constructions ⓘ
hasContactWith Papuan languages of Alor-Pantar family ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse coastal communities ⓘ
interethnic communication ⓘ
hasGlottocode alore1238 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Alorese ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code aol ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Alor-Pantar linguistic area ⓘ
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Indonesian language ⓘ
Lamaholot language ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType analytic ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand (approximate) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResearcher Marian Klamer ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Indonesia ⓘ
hasSyntax head-initial ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature prepositional language ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isCoastalVarietyOf Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Alorese language
isEndangered true ⓘ
region East Nusa Tenggara ⓘ
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ
spokenBy Alorese people ⓘ
spokenIn Alor Island ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Pantar Island ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
spokenOn Alor and nearby islands ⓘ
subfamilyOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
threatenedBy Alor-Pantar Papuan languages ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
trade language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Alor archipelago → hasLanguage → Alorese language ⓘ
Sumba–Flores languages → hasMember → Alorese language ⓘ
Alorese language → isCoastalVarietyOf → Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Alorese language
Marian Klamer → hasPublishedOn → Alorese language ⓘ
subject linked to: Klamer, Marian
Alor Regency → hasLanguage → Alorese language ⓘ