Numfor language

E695180

The Numfor language is an Austronesian language spoken on Numfor Island in Indonesia’s Papua region, belonging to the South Halmahera–West New Guinea subgroup.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Numfor language canonical 3
Numfor people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
hasAlternativeName Noemfoor
Noemfoor-Numfor
linked to: Noemfoor

Nufor
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
hasCountry Indonesia
hasGeneticAffiliation Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasGlottologCode noem1241
hasGlottologName Noemfoor
hasISO639-3Code NOM
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian
hasLanguageStatus vulnerable
hasMacroArea Papunesia
hasRegion New Guinea
hasSubgroup South Halmahera–West New Guinea subgroup
hasTypologicalFeature word order SVO (subject–verb–object)
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered true
isRelatedTo Biak language
Roon language
Woi language
isSpokenBy Numfor Island inhabitants
memberOf Austronesian language family
spokenIn Indonesia
Numfor Island
Papua region of Indonesia
linked to: Papua

Western New Guinea
linked to: western New Guinea
subfamilyOf South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Biak people relatedEthnicGroup Numfor people
linked to: Numfor language
Schouten Islands hasIndigenousPeople Numfor people
linked to: Numfor language
Schouten Islands hasLanguage Numfor language
Biak language alternateName Numfor language