Äiwoo language

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Äiwoo is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on the Reef Islands in Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Äiwoo language canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
alternateName Ayiwo
Aïwo
Reef Islands language
closelyRelatedTo Nalögo language
linked to: Lovono language

Nanggu language
country Solomon Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Austronesian
hasDialects Reef Islands Äiwoo
linked to: Reef Islands

Santa Cruz Äiwoo
hasGrammarDescription A Grammar of Äiwoo
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology
subject agreement markers
hasNotableResearcher Åshild Næss
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
small vowel inventory
hasResearchOn morphosyntax
phonology
semantics
hasSyntacticFeature possessive classifiers
prepositions
languageCodeISO639-3 nfl
languageFamilyBranch Reef-Santa Cruz languages
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
verb-initial language
primaryRegion Reef Islands
province Temotu Province
region Melanesia
spokenBy Äiwoo people
spokenIn Fenualoa Island
Matema Island
Ngäsinue Island
Nifiloli Island
other Reef Islands
subfamily Oceanic
subfamilyOf Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
Temotu languages
usedFor daily communication in Reef Islands communities
usedInDomain local religious practices
oral history
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (8)

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

Temotu languages hasMember Äiwoo language
Temotu languages hasMajorLanguage Äiwoo language
Nendo Island hasLanguage Äiwoo language
Nanggu language hasNeighboringLanguage Äiwoo language
Nendö language neighboringLanguage Äiwoo language
Nendö languageSpoken Äiwoo language
Santa Cruz group hasLanguage Äiwoo language