Karkar-Yuri

E656839

Karkar-Yuri is a Papuan language spoken on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea, known for its complex verbal morphology and relatively small speaker community.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Karkar-Yuri canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (20)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasDomain everyday communication on Karkar Island ⓘ
hasFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
small speaker community ⓘ
hasMorphologyType fusional-agglutinative ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation pressure from larger regional languages ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature complex verb inflection ⓘ
rich morphology ⓘ
languageFamily Papuan languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
neighboringLanguages other Papuan languages of Madang region ⓘ
region Madang Province ⓘ
spokenBy Karkar Island communities ⓘ
spokenIn Papua New Guinea ⓘ
spokenOn Karkar Island ⓘ
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.

Yuri → languageFamily → Karkar-Yuri ⓘ
Yuri → languageFamilyBranch → Karkar-Yuri ⓘ