Mangseng language

E619303

The Mangseng language is an Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, belonging to the Western Bismarck subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mangseng language canonical 3
Malango language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
geneticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Western Oceanic > North New Guinea > Ngero–Vitiaz > Western Bismarck
glottologCode mang1409
glottologName Mangseng
hasAlternativeName Mangseng (Papua New Guinea)
hasLinguisticArea Bismarck Archipelago
hasTypologicalFeature SVO basic word order (reported for related Western Bismarck languages)
ISO639-3Code mbh
isPartOf Ngero–Vitiaz languages
North New Guinea languages
Western Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian language family
languageSubfamily Oceanic
languageSubgroup Western Bismarck
macroFamily Austronesian
neighboringLanguages Kove language
Lusi language
Nakanai language
region New Britain
spokenIn West New Britain Province
subclassOf Western Bismarck language
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.

Western Bismarck languages hasMember Mangseng language
Willaumez languages hasMember Mangseng language
Lengo language neighboringLanguage Malango language
linked to: Mangseng language
Torres–Bismarck languages hasMember Mangseng language