Rapoisi language
Appearance
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Konua | |
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Rapoisi | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Bougainville |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1998)[1] |
North Bougainville
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kyx |
Glottolog | rapo1238 |
Konua, also known as Rapoisi, is a language indigenous to Bougainville, an island to the east of New Guinea spoken by indigenous Rapoisi people.
Orthography
[edit]Rapoisi language is written in Latin alphabet with 14 letters.
Letters | Uppercase | A | B | E | G | H | I | K | O | P | R | S | T | U | ’ |
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Lowercase | a | b | e | g | h | i | k | o | p | r | s | t | u | ||
IPA | ɑ | β | e | ɣ | h | i | k | o | p | ɾ | s | t̪ | u | ʔ |
Vocabulary
[edit]Here is the vocabulary of Rapoisi language with 39 example words below.[3]
№ | Word | Meaning |
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1 | ag, aru | I |
2 | bira | you |
3 | bioga, biru | we |
11 | arei | one |
12 | bo suku | two |
19 | atari | fish |
21 | kesu | dog |
22 | utuo | louse |
23 | evaita | tree |
25 | hara | leaf |
28 | kaparue | skin |
30 | parakoa | blood |
31 | reu | bone |
34 | reruo | horn |
39 | ubateo | ear |
40 | otei | eye |
41 | birao, iruba | nose |
43 | asi | tooth |
47 | ubiubi | knee |
48 | akapio | hand |
53 | aterariba | liver |
54 | era | drink |
57 | keke | see |
58 | ubara | hear |
61 | pi | die |
66 | luilui | come |
72 | isiro | sun |
75 | bapi, uo | water |
77 | aipo | stone |
82 | uhi | fire |
85 | ohopa | path |
86 | hukihuki | mountain |
92 | bogi | night |
96 | ueibara | new |
100 | ute | name |
Pronouns
[edit]A | S | O | Poss. | |||
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1st Person | Excl. | Singular | aga , aru | -ai | ||
Dual | ioka | -abi | ||||
Plural | ioka | -abi | ||||
Incl. | Dual | peka | -abi | |||
Plural | bioga | -abi | ||||
2nd Person | Singular | bira , biru | -ari | |||
Dual | mega | -abisi | ||||
Plural | itarea | -abisi | ||||
3rd Person | Singular | Gender 1 | ita | -ara | ||
Gender 2 | ia | -ʔo | ||||
Dual | siga | -ara | ||||
Plural | pirio | -ara |
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Place Manner |
Bilabial | Dento-Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
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Stop | p | t̪ | k | ʔ |
Fricative | β | s | ɣ | h |
Tap | ɾ |
- /p/ is often pronounced as [ɸ] word initially
- /t̪/ does not occur before /i/
- /β ɾ ɣ/ have the allophones [b d~l g] respectively. The nasal allophones [m n ŋ] occur utterance-initial.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Low | ɑ |
Further reading
[edit]- Müller, Adam. 1954. Grammatical notes on the Konua language. Posieux: Inst.
References
[edit]- ^ Konua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Rapoisi Organised Phonology Data". SIL Global. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "The ASJP Database - Wordlist Rapoisi". asjp.clld.org. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Rapoisi". pdb.simon.net.nz. Retrieved 2024-10-09.