Alorese language

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Alorese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Alor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, closely related to but distinct from neighboring Lamaholot varieties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alorese language canonical 5
Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsTo Flores-Lembata-Alor linguistic region
closelyRelatedTo Lamaholot language
distinctFrom Lamaholot language
hasAlternativeName Alor Malay
Bahasa Alor
hasClauseType predicate-initial in some constructions
hasContactWith Papuan languages of Alor-Pantar family
hasDomainOfUse coastal communities
interethnic communication
hasGlottocode alore1238
hasGlottologName Alorese
hasISO639-3Code aol
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian
hasLinguisticArea Alor-Pantar linguistic area
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Indonesian language
Lamaholot language
Papuan languages
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand (approximate)
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory
hasResearcher Marian Klamer
hasStatus minority language in Indonesia
hasSyntax head-initial
hasTypologicalFeature prepositional language
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isCoastalVarietyOf Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum
linked to: Alorese language
isEndangered true
region East Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands
spokenBy Alorese people
spokenIn Alor Island
Indonesia
Pantar Island
eastern Indonesia
spokenOn Alor and nearby islands
subfamilyOf Austronesian languages
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
threatenedBy Alor-Pantar Papuan languages
Indonesian language
usedAs lingua franca
trade language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Alor archipelago hasLanguage Alorese language
Sumba–Flores languages hasMember Alorese language
Alorese language isCoastalVarietyOf Lamaholot-Alorese dialect continuum
linked to: Alorese language
Marian Klamer hasPublishedOn Alorese language
subject linked to: Klamer, Marian
Alor Regency hasLanguage Alorese language