CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain
OTHERSOURC:E
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:4342
LANGUAGE:Wasi
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (EC New Britain)
POPULATION:500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4343
LANGUAGE:Anem
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (W New Britain)
POPULATION:500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:4344
LANGUAGE:Panaras
ALTERNATEN:Kuot
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (C New Ireland)
POPULATION:900
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:VSO
NUMBER:4345
LANGUAGE:Baining
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (E New Britain)
POPULATION:4,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain: Baining-Taulil
OTHERSOURC:Parker, Jim and Diana Parker. 1974. "A Tentative Phonology of Baining," in Phonologies of Four Papua New Guinea Languages, Ukarumpa, PNG, SIL, 5-43.
CONSONANTS:
p mb t nd k ŋɡ (ʔ)
s ɣ m n ŋ l ɾ
STOPS:p mb t nd k ŋɡ (ʔ)
FRICATIVES:s ɣ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:cʷ k ŋɡ ɣ ŋ
GLIDES:w
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
DIPHTHONGS:ai au ɛi
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C)(C) [no CCVCC] lˈ
STRESS:non-phonemic
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
ARTICLES:art
SYNTAX:SVO
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:4346
LANGUAGE:Taulil
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (E New Britain)
POPULATION:400
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain: Baining-Taulil
OTHERSOURC:AL 6:9
CONSONANTS:
p b t d k ɡ
v m n ŋ l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
FRICATIVES:v
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
NUMBER:4347
LANGUAGE:Butam
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Yele-Solomons--New Britain: New Britain: Baining-Taulil
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4348
LANGUAGE:Nasioi
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (S Bougainville)
POPULATION:11,600
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: East: Nasioi
TEXTBOOKS:TD: Hurd, Conrad and Phyllis Hurd. 1966. Nasioi Language Course. Port Moresby: Dept of Information and Extension Services.
OTHERSOURC:Hurd, Conrad and Phyllis Hurd. 1970. "Nasioi Verbs," OL 9, 37-78.
CONSONANTS:
p b t d k ʔ
m n ŋ
STOPS:p b t d k ʔ
NASALS:m n ŋ
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C) Nˈ
STRESS:non-phonemic (initial/second)
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 *3mf *6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:4349
LANGUAGE:Nagovisi
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (S Bougainville)
POPULATION:5,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: East: Nasioi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4350
LANGUAGE:Buin
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (S Bougainville)
POPULATION:9,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: East: Buin
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3mf 6dmf* 6mf* 4d=5d 4=5 *For groups consisting of both men and women, the feminine non-singular forms are used.
SYNTAX:SOV GN DN POSS-N(1)/N-POSS(2-6)
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:4351
LANGUAGE:Siwai
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (S Bougainville)
POPULATION:6,600
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: East: Buin
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4352
LANGUAGE:Konua
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (N Bougainville)
POPULATION:1,500
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: West
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4353
LANGUAGE:Keriaka
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (N Bougainville)
POPULATION:1,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: West
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4354
LANGUAGE:Rotokas
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (C Bougainville)
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: West: Rotukas
OTHERSOURC:
Firchow, Irwin and Jacqueline Firchow. 1969. "An Abbreviated Phoneme Inventory," AL 11, 271-6. Firchow, Irwin B. 1971. "Rotokas Referentials," Kivung 4, 175-86. PLNGLS
CONSONANTS:
p t k ɡ
β ıThe absence of nasal phonemes in the main dialect makes this lanɡuaɡe a curiosity.ı Firchow & Firchow 1969, 271.
ɾ
STOPS:p t k ɡ
FRICATIVES:β
NASALS:"The absence of nasal phonemes in the main dialect makes this lanɡuaɡe a curiosity." Firchow & Firchow 1969, 271.
VIBRANTS:ɾ
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V
STRESS:phonemic
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4ie 2 5d 5 3mfn 6dmfn 6mfn
SYNTAX:SOV
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:4355
LANGUAGE:Eivo
LOCATION:Papua New Guinea (C Bougainville)
POPULATION:1,200
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Bougainville: West: Rotukas
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:4356
LANGUAGE:Aiwo
ALTERNATEN:Reefs, Ayiwo, Nifiloe
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Archipelago (Reef Islands)
POPULATION:3,600
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Reef Islands-Santa Cruz
OTHERSOURC:
Wurm, S. A. 1970. "Austronesian and the Vocabulary of Languages of the Reef and Santa Cruz Islands - A Preliminary Approach" in PL C13, 467-553. Wurm, S. A. 1972. "Notes on the Indication of Possession with Nouns in Reef and Santa Cruz Islands," PL A35, 85-113. ANLGS ML
CONSONANTS:
p mb t nd k (kh) ŋɡ
v s m n ŋ l
STOPS:p mb t nd k (kh) ŋɡ
FRICATIVES:v s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
? cj p nd n cʷ p mb k (ŋɡ) m ŋ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i e æ
CENTRALVOW:(ǝ) a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɒ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
DIPHTHONGS:ej ow
STRESS:non-phonemic
DEMONSTRAT:2
ARTICLES:art
PRONOUNS:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:SVO/OVS NA ND N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:4357
LANGUAGE:Santa Cruz
DIALECT:Nelua
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Is (N Santa Cruz Is)
POPULATION:2,200
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Reef Islands-Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz
OTHERSOURC:
Wurm, S. A. 1970. "Austronesian and the Vocabulary of Languages of the Reef and Santa Cruz Islands - A Preliminary Approach," in PL C13, 467-553. ML
CONSONANTS:
p mb t nd k ŋɡ
v m n ŋ l
STOPS:p mb t nd k ŋɡ
FRICATIVES:v
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
cj t n cʷ p m
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i y e ø
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o
ARTICLES:art
PRONOUNS:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
COMMENTS:The women are reported to speak differently from the men, using different words." ML, 487.
NUMBER:4358
LANGUAGE:Santa Cruz
DIALECT:Malo
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Is (S Trevanion Is)
POPULATION:2,200
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Reef Islands-Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz
OTHERSOURC:
Wurm, S. A. 1970. "Austronesian and the Vocabulary of Languages of the Reef and Santa Cruz Islands - A Preliminary Approach," in PL C13, 467-553. Wurm, S. A. 1972. "Notes on the Indication of Possession with Nouns in Reef and Santa Cruz Islands," PL A35, 85-113. ANLGS
CONSONANTS:
p phmb t thnd k khŋɡ
v s m n ŋ l
STOPS:p phmb t thnd k khŋɡ
FRICATIVES:v s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
cj p (mb) k n cʷ p mb t nd k ŋɡ m n ŋ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i y e ø æ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɒ
LONGVOWELS:(v̄)
NASALVOWEL:ı̃ æ̃ ǝ̃ ã ũ õ ɒ̃
DIPHTHONGS:ej
ARTICLES:art
PRONOUNS:
1 4di 4ie 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO/(OVS) NA N-POSS
NUMBER:4359
LANGUAGE:Santa Cruz
DIALECT:Eastern Nea
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Is (SW Santa Cruz)
POPULATION:1,100
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Reef Islands-Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz
OTHERSOURC:
Wurm, S. A. 1972. "Notes on the Indication of Possession with Nouns in Reef and Santa Cruz Islands," PL A35, 85-113. ANLGS
CONSONANTS:
p phmb t thnd k khŋɡ
v s m n ŋ l
STOPS:p phmb t thnd k khŋɡ
FRICATIVES:v s
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
cj p nd n cʷ p mb t nd k ŋɡ m n ŋ
GLIDES:j w
FRONTVOWEL:i y e ø ɛ æ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:(v̄)
NASALVOWEL:ỹ̃ ẽ ø̃̃ ǝ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
DIPHTHONGS:aj ej ɛj ǝw ow ao
ARTICLES:art
PRONOUNS:
1 4di 4ie 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO/(OVS) NA N-POSS
NUMBER:4360
LANGUAGE:Santa Cruz
DIALECT:Western Nea
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Is (SW Santa Cruz)
POPULATION:1,100
CLASSIFICA:Indo-Pacific: East Papuan: Reef Islands-Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz
OTHERSOURC:
Wurm, S. A. 1970. "Austronesian and the Vocabulary of Languages of the Reef and Santa Cruz Islands - A Preliminary Approach," in PL C13, 467-553. Wurm, S. A. 1972. "Notes on the Indication of Possession with Nouns in Reef and Santa Cruz Islands," PL A35, 85-113. ANLGS