Aneityum language

E603800

The Aneityum language is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous people of Aneityum Island in Vanuatu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aneityum language canonical 2
Aneityumese 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
countryOfficialLanguageContext Vanuatu is officially multilingual
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geneticClassification Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic
hasAlternativeName Aneityumese
linked to: Aneityum language

Anejom
Anejom̃
linked to: Anejom
hasDomain traditional culture of Aneityum Island
hasEthnicGroup Aneityum people
hasGlottocode anej1237
hasGlottologName Anejom
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic
hasNeighboringLanguage Erromangan language
Tanna languages
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure
hasSpeakerCommunityType small island community
ISO639-3Code aty
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Oceanic languages
locatedInTimeZone Vanuatu Time
partOf South Vanuatu subgroup of Oceanic
region South Vanuatu
spokenBy indigenous people of Aneityum Island
spokenIn Aneityum Island
Vanuatu
subgroup Southern Vanuatu languages
usedFor daily communication on Aneityum Island
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Aneityum hasLanguage Aneityum language
Anejom hasAlternativeName Aneityumese
linked to: Aneityum language
Anatom hasLanguage Aneityum language
Aneityum language hasAlternativeName Aneityumese
linked to: Aneityum language