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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Sungwadaga or Central Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial- velar |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | t | |||
prenasal | ᵑɡʷ | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |
Nasal | ŋʷ | m | n | ŋ | |
Fricative | xʷ | f | s | x | |
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
References
- ^ Sungwadaga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia: Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), Vol. 97: Leuven: Peeters. p. 48.
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External links
- Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec
- Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) are also available from Paradisec
- Na Ganigogona: A Liturgy for Melanesia in Maewo (c. 1975)
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