Raijua dialect

E670428

The Raijua dialect is a regional variety of the Sawu language spoken on Raijua Island in eastern Indonesia, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Raijua dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (20)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of the Sawu language ⓘ
associatedWith Raijua Island community ⓘ
classificationStatus regional dialect ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
hasFeature distinct lexical features ⓘ
distinct phonological features ⓘ
hasLexicon lexicon distinct from other Sawu dialects ⓘ
hasPhonology phonology distinct from other Sawu dialects ⓘ
hasRelation closely related to other dialects of Sawu language ⓘ
isVarietyOf Sawu language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn East Nusa Tenggara Province ⓘ
linked to: East Nusa Tenggara
partOf Sawu language ⓘ
region Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ
spokenIn Raijua Island ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of Raijua Island ⓘ
writingSystem primarily oral tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Sawu language → hasDialects → Raijua dialect ⓘ