Bau Language (other)
The Bau language may be the: *Fijian language * Bau language (New Guinea) * Bau Bidayuh language (Borneo) *Kulang dialect of the Gaam language Gaam (Gaahmg), also known as Ingessana, ''(Me/Mun)Tabi'', ''Kamanidi'', or ''Mamedja/Mamidza'', is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Ingessana people in the Tabi Hills in eastern Sudan, near Ethiopia. It was considered an isolate within ...

Fijian Language
Fijian (') is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Fiji Hindi and there is discussion about establishing it as the "national language". Fijian is a VOS language. Standard Fijian is based on the speech of Bau, which is an East Fijian language. A pidginized form is used by many Indo-Fijians and Chinese on the islands, while Pidgin Hindustani is used by many rural ethnic Fijians and Chinese in areas dominated by Indo-Fijians. History Phonology The consonant phonemes of Fijian are as shown in the following table: The consonant written has been described as a prenasalized trill or trilled affricate . However, it is only rarely pronounced with a trilled release; the primary feature distinguishing it from is that it is postalveolar, , rather than dental/alveolar. The sounds and ...
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Bau Language (New Guinea)
Bau (Amale) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References Gum languages Languages of Madang Province {{Madang-lang-stub ...
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Bau Bidayuh Language
Jagoi, Singai or Bau, is a Dayak language of Borneo. Gumbang dialect may be closer to Tringgus. Dialects Bau language is divided into seven dialects, namely: * Jagoi - notably from Serikin, Stass, Serasot etc., towards Kampung Selampit in Lundu, Sarawak, * Bratak - used in ''kupua'' (kampung/villages) around the Bung Bratak (Mount Bratak), * Singai - used in the area and villages around the Catholic site of Mount Singai (from Kampung Apar towards kampung Bobak), * Biroih - used from Kampung Skiat area towards Kampung Seropak and towards Peninjau Lama ( Serumbu area) who originated from Mount Podam, * Krokuang/Krokong - used in the Krokong area in Bau, Sarawak Bau is a gold mining town,"Preston buying into Sarawak goldmine" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 16 July 2002; capital of Bau district in the Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia. History On 1 May 1837, the Skrang Ibans invaded the Jagoi-Bratak Bi ..., * Gumbang - in Gumbang area, and * Tringgus - in Kampung Tringgu ...
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