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For the characters named Halia in Greek mythology, see Halie. For Thucydides' ancient Greek town of Halia, see Halieis.
Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
The phonology of the Halia language:[2]
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | g | ||||
Affricate | ts ~ tʃ | |||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
ɪ | ʊ | ||
Mid | (e) | o | |
ɛ | ɔ | ||
Low | a |
Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.
[e] exists, but not as a monophthong.
Allophones
Phoneme | Allophones |
---|---|
/b/ | [β] |
/ɡ/ | [ɣ], [χ] |
/ts/ | [tʃ] |
/r/ | [ɾ] |
/a/ | [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ] |
/ʊ/ | [ɨ] |
/ei/ | [e], [ɛi], [ɛ] |
Literature
In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society.[3]
References
- ^ Halia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521416917.
External links
- Written materials on Halia are available at Kaipuleohone under 'Selau'
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