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Ngero–Vitiaz Languages
The Ngero–Vitiaz languages form a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken, from west to east, in Madang Province, Morobe Province, and New Britain. Classification According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows: Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. *Ngero family **Bariai linkage: Bariai, Kove, Lusi, Malalamai **Tuam linkage: Gitua, Mutu * Vitiaz linkage **Bel family ***Astrolabe (East Bel) linkage: Awad Bing, Mindiri, Wab ***Nuclear Bel (West Bel) linkage: Marik (Dami, Ham), Gedaged, Bilibil, Takia, Matukar **Southwest New Britain linkage ***Bibling linkage: Lamogai, Mouk-Aria ***Pasismanua linkage: Aigon, Miu, Kaulong–Karore, Sengseng ***Arawe linkage: ****East Arawe: Akolet, Avau, Bebeli, Lesing-Gelimi ****West Arawe: Solong, Apalik (Ambul), Gimi, Aiklep ****? Mangseng **Mengen family: Lote, Mamusi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of Motu, from the Austronesian l ...: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent state of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Papua (province), Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua (province), West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malalamai Language
Malalamai, or Bonga (after the two villages in which it is spoken), is an Austronesian languages of Madang Province Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang. .... References Ngero languages Languages of Madang Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouk-Aria Language
Mouk-Aria is an Austronesian language spoken by about 600 individuals along coastal West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam .... Phonology * The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals ̩ n̩ ŋ̩word-initially. * The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ sometimes appear as prenasalised voiced stops b nd ŋgbefore /χ/. * The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives ɹ ɣafter vowels. * /χ/ is voiced between voiced segments. * Sonorants /l m n ŋ/ are voiceless ̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊in clusters after voiceless stops. * /i e/ manifest as ɤbefore /χ/. References External linksEE-TAOW! The Mouk Story (Part 1) - New Tribes Mission 1999 featuring several Mouk speakers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamogai Language
Lamogai is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3600 individuals in parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam .... Phonology * The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ can appear as the syllabic nasals ̩ n̩ ŋ̩word-initially. * The nasal consonants /m n ŋ/ appear as prenasalised voiced stops b nd ŋgbefore /r/. * The voiced stops /b d g/ frequently manifest as fricatives ɹ ɣafter vowels. * /r/ is voiceless ̥word-finally. * Sonorants /r l m n ŋ/ are voiceless ̥ l̥ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊in clusters after voiceless stops. * /i/ sporadically manifests as before /r/. Stress tends to occur in penultimate position. References Languages of West New Britain Province Ngero–Vitiaz languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matukar Language
Matukar (also called Matukar Panau) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken by about 400 people near Madang town, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is universally spoken by its ethnic group. References External links Matukar Talking Dictionary from Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and Swarthmore College Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takia Language
Takia is an Austronesian language spoken on Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been syntactically restructured by Waskia, a Papuan language spoken on the island. Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English. Phonology Voiced stops can be optionally prenasalised word initially as in some dialects. is heard as before a consonant preceding . The sequence is pronounced word-initially and word-medially as . References External links Takia Vocabulary List(from the World Loanword Database) * Kaipuleohone has archived a Takia word list as part of Robert Blust Robert A. Blust (; ; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Blus ...'s field notes Bel languages Lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilibil Language
Bil Bil is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,200 people near Madang town, Madang Province, 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 Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedaged Language
Gedaged is an Austronesian language spoken by about 7000 people in coastal villages and on islands in Astrolabe Bay, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. External links * Materials on Gedaged are included in the open access Arthur Capell collectionsAC2 held by Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to .... References Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marik Language
Marik, or Ham, is an Austronesian language spoken by 3,500 people in 10 villages around the Gogol River, Madang Province, 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 Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wab Language
Wab is an Austronesian language spoken by about 120 people in the coastal villages of Wab and Saui, Madang Province, 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 Bel languages Languages of Madang Province Vulnerable languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindiri Language
Mindiri is an Austronesian language spoken by about 80 people in one village on the Rai Coast, Madang Province, 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 Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awad Bing Language
Awad Bing, or Biliau, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,100 people in seven villages near Astrolabe Bay, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Almost all speakers also use Tok Pisin Tok Pisin (,Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh ; Tok Pisin ), often referred to by English speakers as "New Guinea Pidgin" or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an ... as a second language. Awad Bing is also spoken by a few Ngaing for trading purposes. References Languages of Madang Province Bel languages {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
