Vele dialect

E921994

The Vele dialect is a regional variety of the Nakanai language spoken in parts of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vele dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of language ⓘ
belongsToEthnicGroup Nakanai people ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasContactLanguage English ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature phoneme inventory similar to Nakanai ⓘ
hasSuperstrateLanguage Tok Pisin ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isOralTraditionStrong true ⓘ
languageCodeStatus does not have an individual ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language variety ⓘ
macroArea Papunesia ⓘ
partOf Nakanai dialect continuum ⓘ
region parts of New Britain ⓘ
sharesGrammarWith Nakanai language ⓘ
sharesLexiconWith other Nakanai dialects ⓘ
spokenIn New Britain ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subdivisionOf Nakanai language ⓘ
typologicalFeature Austronesian alignment patterns similar to Nakanai ⓘ
usedBy local communities in New Britain ⓘ
usedInDomain community life ⓘ
home ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
wordOrder SVO-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Nakanai → hasDialects → Vele dialect ⓘ