Wuvulu-Aua language

E659528

The Wuvulu-Aua language is an Oceanic language spoken on the Wuvulu and Aua islands of Papua New Guinea, known for its complex verbal morphology and distinctive phonological features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wuvulu-Aua language canonical 4
Ramoaaina language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Maty ⓘ
Wuvulu ⓘ
Wuvulu-Aua ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
documentedIn descriptive grammars ⓘ
linguistic fieldwork studies ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Austronesian ⓘ
glottocode wuvu1239 ⓘ
group Oceanic ⓘ
hasFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ
derivational verbal morphology ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
numeral classifiers ⓘ
object agreement on verbs ⓘ
possessive classifiers ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
subject agreement on verbs ⓘ
verb serialization ⓘ
hasPhonemeInventory five-vowel system ⓘ
small consonant inventory ⓘ
iso639-3Code wuv ⓘ
languageOf Wuvulu people ⓘ
macroArea Papunesia ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Manus languages ⓘ
Seimat language ⓘ
region Manus Province ⓘ
spokenIn Aua Island ⓘ
Wuvulu Island ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
subfamilyOf Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
head-initial ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Admiralty Islands languages → hasMember → Wuvulu-Aua language ⓘ
Manus people → traditionalLanguage → Wuvulu-Aua language ⓘ
Duke of York language → isRelatedTo → Ramoaaina language ⓘ
linked to: Wuvulu-Aua language
Seimat language → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Wuvulu-Aua language ⓘ
Torres–Bismarck languages → hasMember → Ramoaaina language ⓘ
linked to: Wuvulu-Aua language
Admiralty linkage → hasMember → Wuvulu-Aua language ⓘ