Meoswar language

E695183

The Meoswar language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in the South Halmahera–West New Guinea region of eastern Indonesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meoswar language canonical 2
Meoswar (Meoswar language) 1

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Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
alternativeName Meoswar
Meoswar (Meoswar language)
linked to: Meoswar language
category Austronesian languages
Languages of Indonesia
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
country Indonesia
ethnicity Meoswar people
family Austronesian languages
geographicDistribution eastern Indonesia
glottologCode meos1237
linked to: Meos
glottologName Meoswar
linked to: Godwari
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
ISO639-3Code mvx
languageFamily Austronesian
numberOfSpeakers small community
region South Halmahera–West New Guinea region
spokenIn Papua region of Indonesia
South Halmahera–West New Guinea region of eastern Indonesia
West Papua province of Indonesia
status endangered language
minority language
subfamily South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
subgroupOf South Halmahera–West New Guinea subgroup
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (3)

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

Meoswar language alternativeName Meoswar (Meoswar language)
linked to: Meoswar language
Biak language closelyRelatedTo Meoswar language