One (Onele, Aunalei) is a
Torricelli dialect cluster of
West Wapei Rural LLG in
Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...
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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 ...
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Languages
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Glottolog'' 4.0 lists the following One varieties as separate languages:
*Southern One
*Kwamtim One
*Central-Northern One
**Inebu
**Kabore
**Molmo
**Northern One
A detailed dialectology of One is described in Crowther (2001).
[Crowther, Melissa. 2001. ''All the One language(s): comparing linguistic and ethnographic definitions of language in New Guinea''. MA thesis, University of Sydney.]
The One dialects are spoken in the following villages and wards of
West Wapei Rural LLG,
Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...
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*''Kwamtim One'' is spoken in Kwamtum () and Kwatim () villages.
*''Inebu One'' is spoken in Inebu ward ().
*''Kabore One'' is spoken in Kabore ward ().
*''Molmo One'' is spoken in Molmo ward ().
Phonology
Molmo One consonants are:
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Molmo One vowels are:
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Pronouns
Molmo One pronouns:
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Nouns
Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:
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Further reading
*Donohue, Mark P. n.d. ''Lexical categories, complexity and the configurationality split in One''. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.
References
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
One languages
Languages of Sandaun Province