Maiwala language
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Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Maiwala | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mum |
| Glottolog | maiw1249 |
Maiwala is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, ɡ, ɣ ⟨gh⟩, h, k, ɺ ⟨l⟩, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, j ⟨y⟩; and five vowels: a, ɛ ⟨e⟩, ɪ ⟨i⟩, ɔ ⟨o⟩, ʊ ⟨u⟩.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Maiwala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Nagai 2003:126
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