Ririo language
Appearance
(Redirected from ISO 639:rri)
Ririo | |
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Native to | Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 18 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rri |
Glottolog | riri1237 |
ELP | Ririo |
![]() Ririo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Ririo is a nearly extinct indigenous language of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Ririo has 18 consonant phonemes.
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg | ||
Affricate | voiceless | ts | |||
prenasalized | ⁿdz | ||||
Fricative | v[a] | s, z | ɣ | ||
Approximant | l | ||||
Trill | r |
Vowels
[edit]Ririo has 9 vowel phonemes.
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Close-mid | e, ø | o |
Open-mid | ɛ, œ | ɔ |
Open | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Ririo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Don, Laycock (1982). "74". Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistic (PDF). Vol. 1. The Australian National University. p. 273. doi:10.15144/PL-C74.269.
External links
[edit]- ELAR archive of Ririo language documentation materials
- Paradisec has a number of collections with Ririo materials