Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu. The language is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern...
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either of these two languages: one of the names (better spelled Päk) given to the Lemerig language the Pak-Tong language Languages of Pakistan This disambiguation...
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Close-mid front rounded vowel (category Articles containing Lemerig-language text)
high-mid front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the...
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Open back rounded vowel (category Articles containing Lemerig-language text)
low back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...
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Vanua Lava (section Population and languages)
Vunulava [funulafa] in Vera'a, and Vunulāv [βunuˈlɒ̝ɸ] in Lemerig. In the immigrant language Mwotlap, it is referred to as Apnōlap [apnʊˈlap] (with the...
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reflect a Proto-North-Central Vanuatu etymon *loᵑgo; Hiw tegōv [təɣoβ], Lemerig 'ëgëv [ʔœɣœβ] and Mwotlap na-tgop [natɣɔp] reflect Proto-Torres-Banks *taɣoβe;...
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is a list of endangered languages of Oceania, based on the definitions used by UNESCO. An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling...
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Atlas of Language Structures, pp. 50-53. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-925591-1. (online version). See for example Löyöp, Lemerig, Vurës...
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related language Vurës. Together with speakers of Veraʼa, speakers of the now moribund language Lemerig moved to the village of Veraʼa. Lemerig is remembered...
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pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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Torba Province (section Languages)
province has seventeen languages, which are all Oceanic. From north to south, they are: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës,...
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faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands...
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Alexandre François (category Articles containing French-language text)
where sixteen out of seventeen languages are still spoken: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Mwotlap, Volow (extinct), Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota,...
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Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa...
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is an Austronesian language, spoken natively in the island country of Nauru. Its relationship to the other Micronesian languages is not well understood...
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Austronesian languages. More specifically, it is the shared ancestor of the following modern languages: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a...
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Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct...
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Kiribatese), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...
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Polynesian language closely related to the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as...
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– Mwesen Lemerig – Vera'a Koro – Olrat – Lakon Dorig – Koro – Olrat – Lakon Olrat – Lakon Lehali – Löyöp – Mwotlap – Volow 15 Banks languages together...
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pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around...
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striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost universal replacement of the /r/ or /l/ of other Polynesian languages by a /ʔ/ (glottal stop). Like...
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Oceanic languages. The country's three official languages are of foreign origin: English, French, and Bislama, an English-based creole language. Additional...
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The Ngero–Vitiaz languages form a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken, from west to east, in Madang Province...
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Nāti (Naati, Nahati) is a nearly extinct Oceanic language of southwest Malekula, Vanuatu. Crowley, T. (1998). "A Salvage Sketch of Nāti (Southwest Malakula...
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(/tʃuːˈkiːz/), also rendered Trukese (/trʌˈkiːz/), is a Chuukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline...
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Moriori, or ta rē Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori. It is spoken by the Moriori, the...
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Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...
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The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist...
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names: Denggan, Ndenggan, Banam Bay, Vartavo) is one of the Malakula languages of Vanuatu. Burmbar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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