Olrat language

E851581

The Olrat language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Olrat language canonical 7

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
ethnicity Olrat people
hasAlternativeName Ollrat
linked to: Ollorat

Olrat
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Oceanic language
hasDomain vernacular communication
hasLinguisticClassification North-Central Vanuatu subgroup of Oceanic
hasMorphologicalType mostly analytic
hasNeighboringLanguage Lemerig language
Mwotlap language
Vera'a language
Vurës language
hasPhonologicalFeature small phoneme inventory
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics
Oceanic linguistics
linked to: Oceanic languages
hasTypology SVO word order
hasUsage oral communication
isEndangeredIn Banks Islands
isMinorityLanguageIn Vanuatu
ISO639-3Code olr
isPartOf North Vanuatu linguistic area
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
region Banks Islands
spokenBy small community
spokenIn Banks Islands
Vanuatu
northern Vanuatu
spokenOn islands of northern Vanuatu
status endangered language
subfamily North-Central Vanuatu languages
subregion Melanesia
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (7)

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

Banks Islands hasNotableLanguage Olrat language
Torres–Banks languages hasMember Olrat language
Gaua hasIndigenousLanguages Olrat language
Dorig language hasNeighbouringLanguage Olrat language