Mwerlap language

E603832

Mwerlap language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mwerlap language canonical 6
Mwotlap language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Mwerlap people
hasAlternativeName Merelava
Merlav
Mwerlap
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Oceanic language
hasDomain vernacular communication in Mere Lava and Merig
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasNeighbouringLanguage Dorig language
Koro language (Vanuatu)
Lakona language
Lehali language
Lemerig language
Lo-Toga language
Mota language
Mwerlap-related North Vanuatu languages
Mwotlap language
Nume language
Olrat language
Vera'a language
Vurës language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasResearcher Alexandre François
ISO639-3 mrm
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
North and Central Vanuatu languages
Oceanic languages
Southern Oceanic languages
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
numberOfSpeakers small community
region northern Vanuatu
spokenIn Banks Islands
Mere Lava Island
Merig Island
Vanuatu
subclassOf Southern Oceanic language
usedIn local oral tradition
local storytelling
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Mwerlap hasAlternativeName Mwerlap language
Mwotlap alsoKnownAs Mwotlap language
linked to: Mwerlap language
Banks Islands hasNotableLanguage Mwotlap language
linked to: Mwerlap language
Banks Islands hasNotableLanguage Mwerlap language
Torres–Banks languages hasMember Mwerlap language
Torres–Banks language group hasMember Mwerlap language
Merelava hasLanguage Mwerlap language
subject linked to: island of Merelava
Gaua hasIndigenousLanguages Mwerlap language