Reta

E815004

Reta is a lesser-known Papuan language spoken on the Alor–Pantar archipelago in eastern Indonesia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Reta canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Lamalera Reta
linked to: Lamalera

Retaq
hasMorphology agglutinative features
hasPhonology contrastive vowel length (reported for Alor–Pantar languages)
hasTypology SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
isLesserKnown true
isNot Austronesian language
Indo-European language
ISO639-3Code ret
isSpokenBy Reta ethnic community
languageFamily Alor–Pantar languages
Trans–New Guinea area (areal grouping)
macroArea Papunesia
region eastern Indonesia
spokenIn Alor Islands
linked to: Alor archipelago

Alor–Pantar archipelago
linked to: Alor–Pantar

East Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia
Pantar Island
subclassOf Alor–Pantar language
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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