Manus languages: Difference between revisions

Manus languages
Manus languages
Geographic; distribution	Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus languages; ; ; ; ;

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 22:04, 19 January 2014

The Manus languages are a subgroup of about two dozen Oceanic languages located on Manus Island and nearby offshore islands in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. The exact number of languages is difficult to determine because they form a dialect continuum (Blust 2007:302). The name 'Manus' (or 'Moanus') originally designated an ethnic group whose members spoke closely related languages and whose coastal dwellers tended to build their houses on stilts out over the sea (Bowern 2011:6-7).

Languages

According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002),^[1] the structure of the family is:

Manus
- West Manus: Nyindrou, Sori-Harengan, Hermit (†), Bipi; Mondropolon, Tulu-Bohuai, Khehek (Drehet, Levei), Likum
- Intermediate: Loniu–Mokerang, Pak-Tong
- East Manus: Andra-Hus, Elu, Leipon, Papitalai, Ponam, Ere–Kele–Kurti, Koro–Lele–Nali–Titan

References

^ Lynch, John (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Blust, Robert (2007). The prenasalised trills of Manus. In Language description, history, and development: Linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley, ed. by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch, and Diana Eades, pp. 297–311. Creole Language Library vol. 30. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bowern, Claire (2011). Sivisa Titan: Sketch grammar, texts, vocabulary based on material collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 38. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
Hamel, Patricia J. (1994). A grammar and lexicon of Loniu, Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics C-103. Canberra: The Australian National University. 275 pp.
Hamel, Patricia J. (1993). Serial verbs in Loniu and an evolving preposition. Oceanic Linguistics 32:111–132.
Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4, OCLC 48929366.
Ross, M. D. (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia. Pacific Linguistics C-98. Canberra: The Australian National University. 487 pp.

This Austronesian languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Lynch, John (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[1]

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 }}
+The '''Manus languages''' are a subgroup of about two dozen [[Oceanic languages]] located on [[Manus Island]] and nearby offshore islands in [[Manus Province]] of [[Papua New Guinea]]. The exact number of languages is difficult to determine because they form a [[dialect continuum]] (Blust 2007:302). The name 'Manus' (or 'Moanus') originally designated an ethnic group whose members spoke closely related languages and whose coastal dwellers tended to build their houses on stilts out over the sea (Bowern 2011:6-7).
-The '''Manus languages''' are a subgroup of about two dozen [[Oceanic languages]] in the Eastern Admiralties Islands.
-The exact number of languages is difficult to determine because they form a [[dialect continuum]] (Blust 2007:302).
 ==Languages==
-According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is:<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = John | authorlink = John Lynch (linguist) | coauthors = [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]]; [[Terry Crowley (linguist)|Terry Crowley]] | year = 2002 | title = The Oceanic languages | location = Richmond, Surrey | publisher = Curzon | isbn = 978-0-7007-1128-4 | oclc = 48929366 }}</ref>
+According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002),<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = John | authorlink = John Lynch (linguist) | coauthors = [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]]; [[Terry Crowley (linguist)|Terry Crowley]] | year = 2002 | title = The Oceanic languages | location = Richmond, Surrey | publisher = Curzon | isbn = 978-0-7007-1128-4 | oclc = 48929366 }}</ref> the structure of the family is:
 *'''Manus'''
@@ Line 23: / Line 22: @@
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-* Blust, Robert (2007). The prenasalised trills of Manus. In ''Language description, history, and development: Linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley,'' ed. by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch, and Diana Eades, pp. 297–311. Creole Language Library vol. 30. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
+* [[Robert Blust (linguist)|Blust, Robert]] (2007). The prenasalised trills of Manus. In ''Language description, history, and development: Linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley,'' ed. by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch, and Diana Eades, pp. 297–311. Creole Language Library vol. 30. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
 * Bowern, Claire (2011). ''Sivisa Titan: Sketch grammar, texts, vocabulary based on material collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis.'' Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 38. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
 * Hamel, Patricia J. (1994). ''A grammar and lexicon of Loniu, Papua New Guinea.'' Pacific Linguistics C-103. Canberra: The Australian National University. 275 pp.
 * Hamel, Patricia J. (1993). Serial verbs in Loniu and an evolving preposition. ''Oceanic Linguistics'' 32:111–132.
+* [[John Lynch (linguist)|Lynch, John]], [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]], [[Terry Crowley (linguist)|Terry Crowley]] (2002). ''The Oceanic languages.'' (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4, OCLC 48929366.
-* Ross, M. D. (1988). ''Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia.'' Pacific Linguistics C-98. Canberra: The Australian National University. 487 pp.
+* [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Ross, M. D.]] (1988). ''Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia.'' Pacific Linguistics C-98. Canberra: The Australian National University. 487 pp.
 [[Category:Admiralty Islands languages| ]]