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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Sungwadia | |
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Marino | |
North Maewo | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Maewo |
Native speakers | 500 (2008)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrb |
Glottolog | mari1426 |
ELP | Marino |
![]() Sungwadia is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial- velar |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | kʷ | t | k | |
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | |||
Nasal | ŋʷ | m | n | ŋ | |
Fricative | f | s | x | ||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w |
- /k/ can also have prenasal allophones [ᵑɡ] or [ᵑk].
- /ŋʷ/ can also have an allophone of a labial [mʷ] in word-initial position.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
- /e, o/ can also have allophones of more open sounds [ɛ, ɔ].
- /i/ can also be heard as a semivowel [j] in word-final position.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sungwadia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Henri (2011).
References
[edit]- Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia. Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French). Vol. 97. Leuven: Peeters. p. 463.
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