Kilivila language

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Kilivila
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionTrobriand Islands
Native speakers
20,000 (2000)[1]
Austronesian
  • Kilivila languages
    • Kilivila
Language codes
ISO 639-3kij
Glottologkili1267

Kilivila (Kiriwina) is one of the

Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken by the Trobriand people of the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea).[2]
It is used in local schools.

Phonology

Phonology of Kilivila:[3]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain lab. plain lab.
Plosive
voiceless
 p pʷ t k kʷ ʔ
voiced b bʷ d ɡ ɡʷ
Nasal m mʷ n
Fricative v s
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant l j w

Vowels

Front Central Back
High
 i u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Low
 a

Allophones

Allophone
/k/ [k̠], [x̠], [k], [x]
/kʷ/ [kʷ], [k̠ʷ]
/s/ [s], [ʃ]
/m/ [m], [m̩]
/ɾ/ [ɾ], [r], [ʀ]
/i/ [i], [ɨ]
/u/ [u], [ʊ]

References

  1. ^ Kilivila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ISBN 9780521770750
    . Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. ^ Senft, Gunter (1986). Kilivila: The Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Mouton Grammar Library, 3: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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