Longgu

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Longgu is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich system of possessive constructions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Longgu canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature alienable–inalienable possession distinction ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
possessive classifiers ⓘ
rich possessive construction system ⓘ
subject agreement marking on verbs ⓘ
tense–aspect–mood marking on verbs ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType predominantly analytic with agglutinative verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasPossessionType direct possession ⓘ
indirect possession via classifiers ⓘ
hasResearch descriptive grammar ⓘ
studies of possessive constructions ⓘ
studies of verbal morphology ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 lgu ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
region Central Solomon Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
subfamily Oceanic ⓘ
subgroup Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
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.

Longgu people → ethnonym → Longgu ⓘ
Longgu people → hasEndonym → Longgu ⓘ
Longu → hasAlternativeName → Longgu ⓘ
Longu → hasGlottologName → Longgu ⓘ