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Papuan Tip Languages
The Papuan Tip languages are a branch of the Western Oceanic languages consisting of 60 languages. Contact All Papuan Tip languages, except Nimoa, Sudest, and the Kilivila languages (all spoken on islands off the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea), have SOV word order due to influences from nearby Papuan languages (Lynch, Ross, & Crowley 2002:104). Universally, this is considered to be a typologically unusual change. Since these non-Austronesian influences can be reconstructed for Proto-Papuan Tip, they did not simply result from recent contact among individual daughter languages. Languages According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows: *Nuclear Papuan Tip linkage **Suauic linkage: Buhutu, 'Auhelawa, Oya'oya, Unubahe, Saliba, Suau, Bwanabwana, Wagawaga **North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux linkage ***Anuki *** Gumawana ***Bwaidoga: Bwaidoka, Diodio (West Goodenough), Iamalele, Iduna, Koluwawa, Maiadomu ***Dobu–Duau: Dobu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from 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, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua. The largest cities on the island are Jayapura (capital of Papua, Indonesia) and Port Moresby (capital of Papua New Guinea). Names The island has been known by various names: The name ''Papua'' was used to refer to parts of the island before contact with the West. Its etymology is unclear; one theory states that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suau Language
Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000 as a lingua franca. Phonology * Some village dialects also include a fricative sound * /l/ can also be heard as a flap in free variation. * /w/ may also rarely be pronounced as , β The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark () in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline ...among speakers. External links Ekalesia Bukana (1895) Anglican Morning Prayer in Suau, digitized by Richard Mammana *Paradisec haa number of collections of Suau materials including two collections of Arthur Cappell'sAC1 . References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunama Language
Bunama is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ... of Papua New Guinea. Phonology Consonants * /p/ can fluctuate to aspirated ʰin stressed syllables. * /b d ɡ/ can also be heard as b ⁿd ᵑɡword-initially in stressed syllables. * /b/ can be heard as a fricative intervocalically in word-medial position. * /d/ can be heard as a tap intervocalically in word-medial position. * /s/ can be heard as a more fronted ̪in unstressed syllables following vowels /ɛ, a/. * Prevoicing of the lateral flap ̬ɺmay also occur in initial positions. * /ɺ/ may also be heard as a retroflex flap depending on the dialect of the speaker. It can also be heard as ̬ɽwhen realized as prevoiced in word-initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molima Language
Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands 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 .... Phonology Consonants * may also occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result of borrowed words from Dobu, Motu or English. * /v/ can be weakened as in all environments, in free variation. * /i/ when preceding a vowel, may also be realized as a semivowel Vowels References Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province D'Entrecasteaux Islands {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobu Language
Dobu or Dobuan is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Phonology Consonants * Sounds /p, t, k/ may also be aspirated in free variation as ʰ, tʰ, kʰin all environments. * The lateral flap /ɺ/ may fluctuate with an alveolar vibrant flap depending on the dialect of the speaker. * /j/ may also fluctuate with a fricative within vocabulary. Vowels * /a/ may be heard as in unstressed syllables. * /ɔ/ may be heard as slightly more centralized ̽when following labialized consonants in unstressed positions. * /u/ may be heard as in unstressed syllables. External links An open access collection of singing in Dobuis available through Paradisec. * Historical open access collections of recordings in Dobu are available through Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiadomu Language
Maiadomu is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. References Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koluwawa Language
Koluwawa is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. References Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iduna Language
Iduna is an Austronesian language spoken on Goodenough Island of Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Phonology Consonants The inventory of the Iduna language consists of 14 consonant phonemes.. Voiced plosives generally contrast with their unvoiced counterparts, except for the bilabial series, where /b/ varies freely between and Moreover, the phoneme /g/ is commonly realized as though for some speakers it may be pronounced as a voiced fricative without contrast. Finally, /t/ has also two allophonic realizations: occurs word initially and word medially before non-front vowels /a/, /o/ or /u/, whereas only appears before front vowels /i/ or /e/. Other minor allophonic realizations may occur. Among these variations only the last one is reflected in the orthography. Vowels There are 5 vowel phonemes in Iduna. Vowels have allophones too. The major allophonic variations are described in the following table. These include the double realization of /a/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iamalele Language
Iamalele (Yamalele) is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... language spoken on Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. References Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diodio Language
Diodio, or West Goodenough, is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... language spoken in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, on Goodenough Island, which it shares with Bwaidoka, Iduna, and Kaninuwa. References Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwaidoka Language
Bwaidoka is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca. Phonology Consonants * /t/ can be pronounced as alveolar or dental ̪when preceding central or back vowels. * /ɡ/ can be pronounced as a voiced plosive or as a fricative on an unstressed syllable. * /j/ can be pronounced as either or as in free variation. Vowels * Vowel sounds /i, o, u/ do not occur following labialized consonants. * /e/ may fluctuate freely from to in syllable-final, and with as the first vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /a/ may fluctuate freely from to on unstressed syllables and as the second vowel sound on stressed syllables. * /o/ may fluctuate freely from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gumawana Language
Gumawana is an Austronesian language spoken by people living on the Amphlett Islands The Amphlett Islands (sometimes called the Amphlett Isles or Amphlett group) are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea. Politically, they belong to Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay Province, in the Dobu Rural local-level government. Some sources conside ... of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. References Further reading * Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Languages of Milne Bay Province {{PapuanTip-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
