language: ulk

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has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/ulk
has gloss	eng: Meriam (in the language itself Meriam Mìr; also Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten, The Eastern Torres Strait Language and Able Able) is the language of the people of Mer (Murray Island), Waier and Dauar, Erub (Darnley Island) and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western-Central Language of Torres Strait (Kala Lagaw Ya), it is generally called Mœyam, or Mœyamau Ya. Classification Although Meriam is located in Australian territory, it is classified as a Papuan language, not an Australian language. It has, however, around 25 percent common vocabulary with its Torres Strait Island neighbour Kala Lagaw Ya, which is an Australian language. There are some very minor Rotuman language from the erstwhile substantial community of Rotuman people as well as other Melanesian, Polynesian, Indonesian, Japanese and other influences in the form of vocabulary. Many such outsiders were recruited - or in some cases black-birded - in the 19th century for pearl diving, and other marine work.
lexicalization	eng: Meriam language
subclass of	e/Eastern Trans-Fly languages
instance of	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Eastern_Trans-Fly_languages
instance of	http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Eastern_Trans-Fly_languages

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Le meriam (appelé meriam mìr dans la langue elle-même, quon nomme également miriam, meryam, mer, mir, miriam-mir etc., ou encore Eastern, Isten, Esten et The Eastern Torres Strait Language, Able Able) est la langue des Meriam, quon appelle également Mer (dans lîle de Murray), Waier et Dauar, Erub (île de Darnley) et Ugar (île de Stephens) et qui habitent les îles du détroit de Torres, dans lÉtat australien du Queensland.
lexicalization	fra: Meriam
Swedish
has gloss	swe: Meriamspråket (också Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, osv. och East Torres) talas av Meriamfolket på Merö (också Murrayö) i Torres sund i Queensland, Australien.
lexicalization	swe: Meriam språk
lexicalization	swe: Meriam