Lopevi

E606597

Lopevi is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, traditionally spoken on Lopevi Island in the central part of the archipelago.

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Label Occurrences
Lopevi canonical 3

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
archipelago New Hebrides
closelyRelatedTo Paama
South Efate
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
endangermentCause languageShiftToBislama
languageShiftToPaama
migration from Lopevi Island
ethnicGroup Lopevi people
hasLinguisticFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
prenasalized stops
rich verbal morphology
subject–verb–object word order
ISO639-3Code lpe
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central Vanuatu languages
Southern Oceanic languages
languageOf Vanuatu
languageStatus moribund
severely endangered
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
region central Vanuatu
spokenIn Lopevi Island
Shefa Province
traditionalRegion Lopevi Island
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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