Nyindrou language
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West Manus language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Nyindrou | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (4,200 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lid |
| Glottolog | nyin1250 |
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.[2] It has SVO word order.[2]
Phonology[edit]
Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:[3]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ɲ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | g | ɡʷ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||
| Affricate | ⁿdɾ | dʑ | ||||||
| Liquid | rhotic | ɾ | ||||||
| lateral | l | |||||||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | ɑ |
References[edit]
- ^ Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Ethnologue report for Nyindrou
- ^ Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.
External links[edit]
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou
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