Nyindrou language
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West Manus language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Nyindrou | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (4,200 cited 1998)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lid |
Glottolog | nyin1250 |
The Nyindrou language is a
SVO word order.[2]
Phonology
Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:[3]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
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plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
Nasal | m | mʷ | n
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ɲ | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t
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k | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | bʷ | d
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g | ɡʷ | |||
Fricative | s | h | ||||||
Affricate | ⁿdɾ | dʑ | ||||||
Liquid | rhotic | ɾ | ||||||
lateral | l
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Semivowel | j | w |
Front | Back | |
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High
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i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Low
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ɑ |
References
- ^ Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Ethnologue report for Nyindrou
- ^ Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou
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Other |
- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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