Weda

E661512

Weda is an alternative name for the Sawai language, an Austronesian language spoken in parts of eastern Indonesia.

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Weda canonical 1

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Sawai language ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
geneticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Central Maluku ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sawai ⓘ
hasGlottocode sawa1247 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Sawai ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for Sawai/Weda in some descriptions) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code szw ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
primaryDomainOfUse home and community communication ⓘ
region eastern Indonesia ⓘ
spokenIn Halmahera ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
North Maluku Province ⓘ
Weda Bay area ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
subfamily Central Maluku languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature verb–object word order (VO) ⓘ
usedBy Sawai ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Sawai people
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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