Karkar-Yuri

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Karkar-Yuri is a Papuan language spoken on Karkar Island in Papua New Guinea, known for its complex verbal morphology and relatively small speaker community.

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Karkar-Yuri canonical 5

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Statements (20)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasDomain everyday communication on Karkar Island
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
small speaker community
hasMorphologyType fusional-agglutinative
hasSociolinguisticSituation pressure from larger regional languages
hasTypologicalFeature complex verb inflection
rich morphology
languageFamily Papuan languages
languageStatus minority language
neighboringLanguages other Papuan languages of Madang region
region Madang Province
spokenBy Karkar Island communities
spokenIn Papua New Guinea
spokenOn Karkar Island
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.

Yuri languageFamily Karkar-Yuri
Yuri languageFamilyBranch Karkar-Yuri