Nyindrou language

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The Nyindrou language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities in the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyindrou language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
classificationStatus well-attested in Oceanic classifications
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologName Nyindrou
hasAlternativeName Lindrou
Nyindru
hasDomain local community communication
local religious practice
traditional oral literature
hasGlottocode nyin1240
hasLinguisticArea Papuan Tip–Admiralty Oceanic area
hasMorphologyType predominantly analytic
hasNeighboringLanguage Loniu language
Papitalai language
Titan language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for many Admiralty languages)
small consonant inventory (typical of Oceanic languages)
hasTypology SVO word order
iso639-3Code lid
isRelatedTo Loniu language
Other Western Admiralty languages
Papitalai language
Titan language
isSpokenBy several thousand speakers (approximate)
languageFamily Admiralty Islands
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
partOfLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
region Admiralty Islands
Manus Island
spokenIn Admiralty Islands
Manus Province
Papua New Guinea
subfamilyOf Admiralty Islands languages
Western Admiralty Islands languages
usedByEthnicGroup Nyindrou people
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.

Admiralty Islands languages hasMember Nyindrou language
Manus people traditionalLanguage Nyindrou language
Papitalai language hasNeighbouringLanguage Nyindrou language
Admiralty linkage hasMember Nyindrou language
Titan language hasNeighboringLanguage Nyindrou language