Sungwadia language
Appearance
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Sungwadia | |
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Marino | |
North Maewo | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Maewo |
Native speakers | 500 (2008)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrb |
Glottolog | mari1426 |
ELP | Marino |
![]() Sungwadia is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial- velar |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Plosive
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voiceless
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kʷ | t
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k | |
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | |||
Nasal | ŋʷ | m | n
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ŋ | |
Fricative
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f | s | x | ||
Rhotic | r
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Lateral | l
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Approximant
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w |
- /k/ can also have prenasal allophones [ᵑɡ] or [ᵑk].
- /ŋʷ/ can also have an allophone of a labial [mʷ] in word-initial position.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
- /e, o/ can also have allophones of more open sounds [ɛ, ɔ].
- /i/ can also be heard as a semivowel [j] in word-final position.[2]
Notes
- ^ Sungwadia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Henri (2011).
References
- Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia. Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French). Vol. 97. Leuven: Peeters. p. 463.
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Indigenous languages (Southern Oceanic and Polynesian) |
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Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost | ||
South Pentecost | ||
Espiritu Santo |
Southern
Oceanic
Central Vanuatu |
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South Vanuatu |
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Loyalties– New Caledonia |
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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