Naasioi language
Naasioi | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Kieta District, Bougainville Province |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2007)[1] |
South Bougainville
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nas |
Glottolog | naas1242 |
Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge) is an East Papuan language spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of Kieta District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Front | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː |
Mid | e eː | o oː |
Low | a aː |
Consonants
[edit]Bilabial | Coronal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
voiced | b | d | |||
Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) |
Nasals can be syllabic.
References
[edit]- ^ Naasioi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Hurd, Conrad; Hurd, Phyllis W. (1966). Nasioi language course. Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services.
- Hurd, Conrad; Hurd, Phyllis W. (1970). "Nasioi verbs". Oceanic Linguistics. 9 (1). Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 1: 37–78. doi:10.2307/3622931. JSTOR 3622931.
- Hurd, Conrad (1977). "Nasioi projectives". Oceanic Linguistics. 16 (2). Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 16, No. 2: 111–178. doi:10.2307/3622956. JSTOR 3622956.