Ngadha language

E670938

The Ngadha language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ngada people in central Flores, Indonesia, known for its rich oral traditions and distinctive phonology.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ngadha language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism
local traditional beliefs
belongsTo Central Flores subgroup of Austronesian
contactWith Indonesian language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnicGroup Ngada people
hasAlternativeName Ngada language
Ngad’a
linked to: Ngadha
hasDomain home and community communication
traditional ceremonies
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasFeature distinctive phonology
rich oral tradition
vernacular use in Ngada communities
hasGlottologCode ngad1269
hasGlottologName Ngadha
hasISO639-3Code nxg
hasMorphology moderately agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant contrasts typical of Central Flores
contrastive vowels
hasResourceType descriptive grammars
lexicons and wordlists
hasSociolinguisticStatus regional language in Indonesia
hasTypology SVO word order
influencedBy Indonesian language
isPartOf languages of Flores
languages of Indonesia
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedInTimeZone WITA
neighboringLanguage Ende language
Keo language
Nage language
primaryArea Ngada Regency
region central Flores
spokenBy Ngada people
spokenIn East Nusa Tenggara
Flores
Indonesia
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Central Flores languages
usedFor oral literature
ritual speech
traditional storytelling
usedIn local cultural practices of Ngada people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Ngada people language Ngadha language
Bajawa language hasNeighboringLanguage Ngadha language
Sumba–Flores languages hasMember Ngadha language
Central Flores hasLanguage Ngadha language