Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
language family
|
| gptkbp:characteristic |
tonal languages
simple phonology isolating morphology lack of nasal consonants |
| gptkbp:class |
sometimes grouped with East Bird's Head – Sentani languages
proposed as independent family |
| gptkbp:color |
gptkb:Papuan
|
| gptkbp:glottologCode |
lake1254
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Lakes Plain languages
|
| gptkbp:ISO639-3 |
lks
|
| gptkbp:language |
about 20
|
| gptkbp:linguisticFeature |
no grammatical gender
use of reduplication analytic structure lack of consonant clusters small phoneme inventories subject–object–verb word order use of serial verb constructions lack of inflection no case marking extensive use of tone lack of complex syllable structure lack of derivational morphology lack of nasal consonants lack of nasal vowels lack of polysyllabic roots no agreement marking no noun classes no verb inflection predominantly monosyllabic words use of particles for grammatical relations use of tone for grammatical distinctions |
| gptkbp:mainLine |
gptkb:Lakes_Plain_region
gptkb:Mamberamo_River_basin |
| gptkbp:notableLanguage |
gptkb:Waris
gptkb:Awera gptkb:Duvle gptkb:Edopi gptkb:Iau gptkb:Kopkaka gptkb:Obokuitai gptkb:Papasena gptkb:Sikaritai gptkb:Tause gptkb:Rasawa Foau Kwerisa |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:New_Guinea
|
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Papua,_Indonesia
|
| gptkbp:subfamily |
gptkb:Papuan_languages
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Papuan_languages
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
|