Dorig

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Dorig is an Oceanic language spoken on Gaua Island in Vanuatu, closely related to other North Vanuatu languages such as Lakon.

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Dorig canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Lakon
country Vanuatu
hasAlternativeName Dorig-Wetamut
linked to: Wetamut

Wetamut
hasDomain vernacular communication
hasHigherLevelFamily Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 wwo
hasLanguageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
hasLinguisticTypology SVO basic word order
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasNeighbouringLanguage Lakon
Olrat
hasNumberOfSpeakers a few hundred speakers (approximate)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
hasRegion Torba Province
hasSubgroup North and Central Vanuatu languages
isSpokenBy Dorig-speaking community on Gaua
isSpokenOn Gaua Island
linked to: Gaua
locatedInLanguageFamily North Vanuatu languages
linked to: Vanuatu languages
partOfLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
Oceanic languages
spokenIn Gaua Island
linked to: Gaua

Vanuatu
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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