Nage language

E682545

The Nage language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia, noted for its complex verbal morphology and close relation to neighboring Central Flores languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nage language canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Central Flores languages
Ende language
Keo language
Lio language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
ethnicGroup Nage people
hasDomain Austronesian linguistics
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
hasLinguisticArea Central Flores linguistic area
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
prenasalized stops (reported in some descriptions)
hasResearcher Alexander Adelaar
R. H. Barnes
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code nxe
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn East Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands
region Central Flores
spokenBy Nage people
spokenIn Flores
Indonesia
central Flores
subfamily Central Flores languages
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

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

Keo language closelyRelatedTo Nage language
Sumba–Flores languages hasMember Nage language
Ende language closelyRelatedTo Nage language
Ende language neighboringLanguage Nage language
Ngadha language neighboringLanguage Nage language