Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, is an
Oceanic language
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
spoken on
Maewo
Maewo (; formerly ''Aurora Island'') is an island in Vanuatu in Penama province, 105 km to the east of Espiritu Santo.
It is 47 km long, and 6 km wide, with an area of 269 km2. Its highest point is 795 m above sea le ...
,
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...
.
Phonology
Consonants
* /k/ can also have prenasal allophones
µ‘É¡or
µ‘k
* /Å‹Ê·/ can also have an allophone of a labial
Ê·in word-initial position.
Vowels
* /e, o/ can also have allophones of more open sounds
›, É”
* /i/ can also be heard as a semivowel
in word-final position.
Notes
References
*
Penama languages
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