Daakaka language

E608747

The Daakaka language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Daakaka language canonical 3
Daakie language 2
Daakaka reference grammar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Daakie language
Lonwolwol language
North Ambrym language
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Daakaka people
hasAcademicDescription grammatical description by linguist Anna von Prince
hasAlternativeName Daakaka
linked to: Dakaka

Dakaka
South Ambrym language
hasDialects village-based varieties on Ambrym Island
hasGrammaticalFeature complex aspect and mood marking
pronominal number distinctions including singular, dual and plural
verb-initial word order tendencies
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory typical of Central Vanuatu languages
hasSpeakerCommunity villages in southwestern Ambrym
hasWordOrder flexible word order with verb-initial patterns
ISO639-3Code bpa
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
neighboringLanguage Bislama
Daakie language
Lonwolwol language
North Ambrym language
partOf South Ambrym linguistic area
region Ambrym Island
Malampa Province
Vanuatu
spokenIn Ambrym Island
Vanuatu
status minority language in Vanuatu
subclassOf Central Vanuatu language
subjectOf Daakaka reference grammar
linked to: Daakaka language

lexicographic and documentation projects in Vanuatu
usedFor everyday communication in Daakaka communities
usedIn local customary practices and ceremonies
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Ambrym hasLanguage Daakaka language
Ambrym hasLanguage Daakie language
linked to: Daakaka language
South Ambrym language neighboringLanguage Daakaka language
Daakaka language subjectOf Daakaka reference grammar
linked to: Daakaka language
Port Vato hasLocalLanguage Daakaka language
Port Vato hasLocalLanguage Daakie language
linked to: Daakaka language