Kei language

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Kei language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the Kei (Kai) Islands in southeastern Maluku, Indonesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kei language canonical 4
Kai language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Kai language ⓘ
linked to: Kei language

Keiese ⓘ
linked to: Keiyo
belongsToBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
coexistsWithLanguage Indonesian language ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kei people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Kei Besar Island ⓘ
Kei Kecil Island ⓘ
surrounding smaller Kei Islands ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialects Kei Besar dialect ⓘ
Kei Kecil dialect ⓘ
hasGlottologName Kei ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code kei ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode Glottocode keii1237 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions) ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isSpokenPrimarilyBy indigenous inhabitants of the Kei Islands ⓘ
isUsedIn local daily communication in the Kei Islands ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Southeast Maluku Regency ⓘ
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
Kei Islands ⓘ
linked to: Kai Islands

Maluku ⓘ
linked to: Maluku Islands

southeastern Maluku ⓘ
subfamily Central Maluku languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages → includesLanguage → Kei language ⓘ
subject linked to: Central MP languages
Kai Islands → language → Kei language ⓘ
Kei language → alternateName → Kai language ⓘ
linked to: Kei language
Kei people → language → Kei language ⓘ