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Malekula Languages
The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, Linguistics, linguist and Oceanic languages specialist John Lynch (linguist), John Lynch (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group. Features One distinctive feature of the Malakula languages is the pervasive loss of unstressed syllables. However, according to Lynch (2014), the innovation occurred after Proto-Malakula broke up, and may have occurred on at least seven different independent occasions. Classification Lynch (2016) divides the Malakula languages into three primary subgroups, namely ''Northern'', ''Eastern'', and ''Western'', all three of which are linkage (linguistics), linkages. Lynch (2016) recognizes 32 languages. *Malakula **Northern ***Malua Bay language, Malua Bay ***North Coast ****Nese language, Nese ****Botovro language, Botovro ****Vovo, Vao language, Vao **Eastern ***Uripiv language, Urip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malakula
Malakula, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, in Melanesia, a region of the Pacific Ocean. Location Malakula is separated from the islands of Espiritu Santo and Malo Island, Malo by the Bougainville Strait. Lakatoro, the capital of Malampa Province, is situated on Malakula's northeastern shore and is the largest settlement on the island. Just off the northeastern coast of Malakula, there is a group of islands called the ''Small Islands'', including, in order from north to south: Vao (island), Vao, Atchin, Wala (island), Wala, Rano (island), Rano, Norsup, Uripiv, and Uri (island), Uri. Also off the coast: Tomman Island to the southwest; Akhamb Island to the south; and the Maskelynes Islands to the southeast (including Sakao Island (Malampa, Vanuatu), Sakao Island and Uluveo). Malakula has a maximum elevation of 879 m. Its peak is called Mt. Liambele. In 1768, Louis Antoine de Bougainville gave his name to the str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banam Bay Language
Burmbar (alternate names: Denggan, Ndenggan, Banam Bay, Vartavo) is one of the Malakula languages of Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o .... Names Alternate names for Burmbar include Banam Bay, Vartavo, Banan Bay and Mallicolo. References Malekula languages Languages of Vanuatu {{Vanuatu-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V'ënen Taut Language
Big Nambas ( native name ''V'ənen Taut'') is an Oceanic language spoken by about people () in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. Approximately nineteen villages in the Big Nambas region of the Malekula Interior use the language exclusively with no variation in dialect. It was studied in-depth over a period of about 10 years by missionary Greg. J. Fox, who published a grammar and dictionary in 1979. A Big Nambas translation of the Bible has been completed recently by Andrew Fox. Phonology The consonant phonemes of Big Nambas are as shown in the following table: * are aspirated word finally. is not noted as behaving likewise. * are rounded before the front vowels * The voiced fricatives are devoiced word initially and finally. * is realized as word finally or when adjacent to , and as when adjacent to word medially. Big Nambas has a 5-vowel system with the following phonemes: Big Nambas has a complex syllable structure with a large amount of consonant clusters possible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninde Language
Ninde, or Labo (also ''Nide, Meaun, Mewun'') is an Oceanic language spoken by about 1,100 people in the Southwest Bay area of Malekula island, in Vanuatu. One unusual feature is that it has both a voiced and a voiceless bilabial trill. Linguistlist.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-08. In popular culture In an episode of the British television programme '''', meets the chief of a local tribe, who comments upon the Ninde language. He explains that “all the words of Ninde begin with /n/”, such as the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naman Language
Litzlitz, also known as Naman, is an endangered Oceanic language of central Malakula, Vanuatu. Many of the languages in Malakula can be referred to by different names, Litzlitz being an example of this. Naman was spoken in central Malakua in an area referred to as the "Dog's Neck" by the locals. The territory over which the Naman language was spoken is about 13 kilometers. This language once had many speakers, but now has been classified as a dying language with only fifteen to twenty native speakers. Native Naman speakers who one resided in the small villages of Metenesel in the Lambumbu area of Malakula had moved to what is now known as the Litzlitz village. They had moved because of diseases such as influenza and other epidemics, which contributed to the population decrease in the Naman speakers. Malakula has many languages, however Uripiv Uripiv is a small inhabited island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Uripiv lies off the north coast of Malekula Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larëvat Language
Larëvat is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o .... The current population of Larëvat-speaking villages is estimated at around 675 speakers. They are located around Losinwei, which is also known as the "neck of the dog" due to the island looking like a sitting dog. References Malekula languages Languages of Vanuatu {{SOceanic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maskelynes Language
Maskelynes (), or Kuliviu (Uliveo), is an Oceanic language spoken on the Maskelyne Islands off south Malekula, Vanuatu. Phonology Consonants * are in free variation as unreleased or unvoiced word-finally or before a consonant ** is also in free variation as nasal word-finally, especially among young speakers * is realized as a voiceless among some speakers, especially young * are unreleased word-finally or before a consonant (though has never been recorded before a consonant) * lose their labialization word-finally when not followed by a vowel and before ** is in free variation as trilled (tapped in Peskarus) before and sometimes before * is before voiced consonants * are [] before voiceless consonants and word-finally * is in free variation with for some speakers * are vocalic when in Syllable nucleus, nucleus following Vowels * is near-close between front consonants * is Close-mid vowel, close-mid word-finally * is after labiovelarized co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axamb Language
Ahamb, also spelled Axamb or Akhamb is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu.Rangelov, Tihomir. 2020''A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu)'' Hamilton, New Zealand, University of Waikato. PhD thesis. Ahamb has around 1000 speakers, most of whom reside on the small low-lying Ahamb Island and the nearby Malekula mainland. The language is endangered due to a number of factors, including climate change and environmental factors. Linguist Tihomir Rangelov published a grammatical description of Ahamb in 2020. Names The alternate names for Ahamb are Akamb, Akhamb, Axamb and Mallicolo. Phonology Ahamb’s phonology is characterised by distinctive prenasalisation in its plosives and trills. There are three contrastive trills, including the typologically rare plain bilabial trill.Rangelov, Tihomir. 2019The bilabial trills of Ahamb (Vanuatu): Acoustic and articulatory properties In S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain and P. Warren (eds),''Proceedings of the 19th In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avok Language
Avok is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu. It is noted for its liquid consonants Liquid is a state of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape. Liquids adapt to the shape of their container and are nearly compressibility, incompressible, maintaining their volume even under pressure. The density of a liquid is usual .... References Malekula languages Languages of Vanuatu {{SOceanic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Sandwich Language
Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier. Nisvai is a separate language. References External links * Materials on Lamap are included in the open access Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South W ... collectionAC2 held by Paradisec Aviva MPI Shimelman collection of Lamap materialsavailable on Paradisec Malekula languages Languages of Vanuatu {{SOceanic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
