Sursurunga language

E619309

The Sursurunga language is an Austronesian language spoken on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, notable for its complex numeral system and membership in the Western Bismarck subgroup.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sursurunga language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Austronesian languages
geneticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Western Oceanic > Meso-Melanesian > Western Bismarck
hasAlternativeName Sursurunga
Sursurunga (New Ireland)
hasGlottologCode surs1248
hasGlottologName Sursurunga
hasISO639-3Code sgz
hasNotableFeature base-2 numeral elements
classifiers in numeral system
complex numeral system
multiple sets of numerals
isPartOf Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian
languageStatus minority language
locatedOn New Ireland Island
macroArea Papunesia
region New Ireland Province
spokenIn New Ireland
Papua New Guinea
subfamilyOf Western Bismarck languages
subgroupOf Meso-Melanesian languages
typologicalFeature has complex counting system for different noun classes
uses numeral classifiers
usedBy Sursurunga people
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 Sursurunga language
Torres–Bismarck languages hasMember Sursurunga language
Sursurunga hasAlternativeName Sursurunga language
Proto-Western Oceanic hasDescendant Sursurunga language