Bunak language

E651090

The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bunak language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
Timor–Alor–Pantar language
language
borderRegion Indonesia–Timor-Leste border
continent Asia
country Indonesia
Timor-Leste
hasAlternativeName Buna
linked to: Bunaʼ

Bunaq
Bunaʼ
hasConsonantInventory rich
hasContactWith Austronesian languages
hasDomain home use
local oral tradition
hasGlottocode buna1270
hasGlottologName Bunak
hasISO639-3Code bfn
hasLinguisticArea Timor–Alor–Pantar sprachbund
hasLoanwordsFrom Indonesian language
Malay language
linked to: Malay

Portuguese language
Tetum language
linked to: Tetum
hasMorphology complex verb morphology
suffixing morphology
hasResearcher Antoinette Schapper
Geoffrey Hull
hasVowelInventory moderate
isEndangered true
languageFamily Timor–Alor–Pantar
Trans–New Guinea (proposed)
neighboringLanguage Fataluku language
Kemak language
Makasae language
Mambai language
Tetum language
Tokodede language
Uab Meto language
region central Timor highlands
spokenBy Bunak people
spokenIn East Nusa Tenggara
East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Indonesia
Timor island
linked to: Timor

Timor-Leste
central Timor
subclassOf Papuan languages of Timor
typology agglutinative language
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

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

Mambae language neighboringLanguages Bunak language
Timorese people usesLanguage Bunak language
Kemak language neighboringLanguage Bunak language
Bunak people language Bunak language
Ema language hasNeighborLanguage Bunak language
subject linked to: Ema