Sungwadaga language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Sungwadaga | |
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Central Maewo, Peterara | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Maewo |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2001)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mwo |
Glottolog | cent2058 |
![]() Sungwadaga is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Sungwadaga or Central Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial- velar |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | t | |||
prenasal | ᵑɡʷ | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |
Nasal | ŋʷ | m | n | ŋ | |
Fricative | xʷ | f | s | x | |
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Sungwadaga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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. 48.
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External links
[edit]- Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec
- Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) are also available from Paradisec
- Na Ganigogona: A Liturgy for Melanesia in Maewo (c. 1975)
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