Maiwala language

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Maiwala
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMilne Bay Province
Native speakers
2,400 (2000 census)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3mum
Glottologmaiw1249

Maiwala is an

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The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, ɡ,

ɺ ⟨l⟩, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, j ⟨y⟩; and five vowels: a, ɛ ⟨e⟩, ɪ ⟨i⟩, ɔ ⟨o⟩, ʊ ⟨u⟩.[2]

References

  1. ^ Maiwala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Nagai 2003:126