Naasioi language
| Naasioi | |
|---|---|
| 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[2] |
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
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː | |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Coronal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | |||
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | ||
Nasals can be syllabic.
References
- ↑ Naasioi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Naasioi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 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. Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 1. 9 (1): 37–78. JSTOR 3622931. doi:10.2307/3622931.
- Hurd, Conrad (1977). "Nasioi projectives". Oceanic Linguistics. Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 16, No. 2. 16 (2): 111–178. JSTOR 3622956. doi:10.2307/3622956.
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