• Hiw (sometimes spelled Hiu) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Hiw, in the Torres Islands of Vanuatu. With about 280 speakers, Hiw is considered...
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  • HIW or Hiw may refer to: Hiw, or Hu, Egypt Hiroshima-Nishi Airport, by IATA code Hiw (island), the northernmost island of Vanuatu Hiw language, spoken...
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    Hiw (sometimes spelled Hiu) is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province. The island's name Hiw [hiw] is taken from the local Hiw...
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    Close-mid central rounded vowel (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
    König, Ekkehard; van der Auwera, Johan (eds.), The Germanic Languages, Routledge language family descriptions, Routledge, pp. 271–312, ISBN 978-0-415-28079-2...
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  • Voiced velar lateral affricate (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
    though in extIPA ⟨ɡ͜𝼄̬⟩ is preferred. This consonant exists in the Hiw and Ekagi languages. Features of the voiced velar lateral affricate: Its manner of...
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    (kha hiw, /kʰa᷇ː hǐw/) I am hungry. ᨡ᩶ᩣᨧᩢᩉᩥ᩠ᩅ / ข้าจะหิว (kha cha hiw, /kʰa᷇ː tɕa.hǐw/) I will be hungry. ᨡ᩶ᩣᨠ᩵ᩣᩴᩃᩢ᩠ᨦᩉᩥ᩠ᩅ / ข้ากะลังหิว (kha kalang hiw, [kʰa᷇ː...
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  • Velar consonant (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
    /k/ in keen or cube) are sometimes referred to as palatovelars. Many languages also have labialized velars, such as [kʷ], in which the articulation is...
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    /tɕʰǎn หิว hio hǐw/ ฉัน หิว chan hio /tɕʰǎn hǐw/ 'I am hungry.' ฉัน chan /tɕʰǎn จะ cha tɕàʔ หิว hio hǐw/ ฉัน จะ หิว chan cha hio /tɕʰǎn tɕàʔ hǐw/ 'I will be...
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  • distinction between dialects and languages. Conversely, Lo-Toga is a distinct language from the other language of the Torres group, Hiw. The Lo dialect of Lo-Toga...
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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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  • branch of the Austronesian languages. More specifically, it is the shared ancestor of the following modern languages: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow...
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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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    Torres Islands (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    distinct languages are spoken in the Torres group: Hiw and Lo-Toga. Hiw is spoken by the population (about 280 people) of the sole island of Hiw. Lo-Toga...
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    nouns are also less likely to be used with their plural forms such as "һыу" (hıw, "water") or "ҡом" (qom, "sand"). Bashkir at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)...
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  • Voiced labial–velar nasal (category Articles containing Adangme-language text)
    François, Alexandre (2010). "Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral of Hiw: Resolving the ambiguity of a complex segment" (PDF). Phonology. 27 (3):...
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  • Hiu or HIU may refer to: Hiw Island, or Hiu, in Vanuatu Hiw language, or Hiu, spoken on Hiu Island Hiu Station, in Sasebo City, Nagasaki, Japan Helmholtz...
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    Southwest Guajiboan Guayabero (also known as Cunimía, Mítiwa, Mitúa, Mitu, Hiw, Jiw, Wayavero, Guaviare) Churuya (also known as Bisanigua, Guaigua) (†)...
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  • Proto-Oceanic *w or *y > p in Levei Khehek Proto-Oceanic *r or *R > g​͡ʟ in Hiw Proto-Polynesian *l or *r > ŋg (via *ɣ or *ʁ) in Rennellese Proto-Polynesian...
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    The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern...
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  • Party of National Brotherhood (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    Brotherhood Party (Arabic: حزب الاخاء الوطني, romanized: Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani, HIW) was an Iraqi political party formed in 1930–1931 by Yasin al-Hashimi, Naji...
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  • S2CID 131668754 —— (2010), "Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral of Hiw: Resolving the ambiguity of a complex segment" (PDF), Phonology, 27 (3):...
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    (rue bo) /lɯ̌ː bɔ́ː/ Or not? เจ้าหิวข้าวหรือบ่ (chao hio khao rue bo) /tɕâw hǐw kʰȁw lɯ̌ː bɔ́ː/ Are you hungry or not? Answers to questions usually just...
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  • Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
    Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) (Welsh: Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru, AGIC) is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Wales. It is...
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    vaka-Viti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution...
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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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  • in Hiw, Vanuatu: Grammatically flexible, lexically rigid" (PDF), in Eva van Lier (ed.), Lexical Flexibility in Oceanic Languages, Studies in Language, vol...
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  • e vagahau Niuē) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan...
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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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  • (Torres–Banks–Maewo–Ambae–Pentecost) Torres–Banks languages Torres Islands: Hiw, Lo-Toga (“Loh”) Banks Islands: Lehali–Löyöp (“Ureparapara”), Mwotlap–Volow...
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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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