Anuki language
Anuki | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel |
Native speakers | 890 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aui |
Glottolog | anuk1239 |
ELP | Anuki |
Anuki is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
The Anuki language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gabobora people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The language was named after a highly respected deity of the people, whose sacred remains now rest in Australia.[citation needed]
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | k g | kʷ ⟨kw⟩ gʷ ⟨gw⟩ | ʔ |
Fricative | v | s | ɣ ⟨gh⟩ | ||
Nasal | m m̩ː ⟨mm⟩ | n | ŋ | ||
Approximant | r | j ⟨y⟩ | w |
- Consonants can be labialized in stressed syllables or before /ɨi/.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ɨ [a] | u |
Near-High | ʊ ⟨ou⟩ | ||
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
a /ɨ/ is only found in the diphthong /ɨi/.
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ɨi/, /ae/, /ai/, /au/, /ei/, /eo/, /eu/, /iu/, /oe/, /oi/. /ɨi/ is written as ⟨ii⟩.
Stress is always found on the penultimate syllable.[2]
References
- ^ Anuki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Landweer, Lyn (2000). Anuki Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.
Landweer, M. Lynn. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Anuki Language, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea." 2001
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