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Oceanic language spoken in Fiji
Western Fijian, also known as Wayan[2]: 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57,000 people.
It is distinct from Eastern Fijian (also known as Bauan or Standard Fijian).
Phonology
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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plain | lab. | ||||||
Nasal | m mː | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||
Plosive | voiced/pren. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | |
voiceless | t | tʃ | k | kʷ | (ʔ) | ||
Fricative | voiced | β | ð | ||||
voiceless | s | h | |||||
Trill | r ⁿr | ||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
/mː/ is heard in the Wayan dialect.[2]: 212
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low | a aː |
Most Fijian languages have a unique prenasalized alveolar trill, transcribed here as ⟨ⁿr⟩. Western Fijian in particular, is unique among Fijian languages for having labialized velar consonants. All vowels come in long and short forms, and so does the bilabial nasal (/m/).[2]: 212
References
- ^ Western Fijian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e Blust, R. A; Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University (2009). The Austronesian languages. ISBN 978-0858836020.
- ^ Geraghty, Paul (2002). "Nadrogā". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon. pp. 833–847.
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