Nyindrou language - Nyindrou language
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| Nyindrou | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | 4,200 (1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lid |
| Glottolog | nyin1250[2] |
The Nyindrou language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 4200 people in the westernmost part of Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[3] It has SVO word order.[3]
Phonology
Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:[4]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | g | ɡʷ | |||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ɲ | ||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||
| Affricate | ⁿdɾ | dʑ | ||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | ɑ |
References
- ^ Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nyindrou". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ a b Ethnologue report for Nyindrou
- ^ Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou
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