Kurti language

E655627

Kurti is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken in the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kurti language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
coexistsWith English in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasDomain local daily communication in the Admiralty Islands ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
hasFeature complex demonstrative system ⓘ
contrast between oral and nasal vowels ⓘ
distinction between alienable and inalienable possession ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
numeral classifiers ⓘ
phonemic consonant length ⓘ
phonemic vowel length ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
reduplication for grammatical or semantic purposes ⓘ
rich system of possessive constructions ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
small phonemic inventory typical of many Oceanic languages ⓘ
use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
verb morphology marking aspect more than tense ⓘ
hasTypology subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kru ⓘ
isPartOf Admiralty Islands language group ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Admiralty Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Admiralty Islands ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subfamilyOf Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ
usedBy Kurti-speaking communities in the Admiralty Islands ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Admiralty Islands languages → hasMember → Kurti language ⓘ