Sudest, also known as Tagula, is an
Oceanic language
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
of Papua New Guinea.
Name
The name ''Sudest'' is a word meaning "southeast" in
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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or
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
.
Phonology
Consonants
* /É£/ is heard as a glottal
before /o/ or /u/.
* /ɣʷ/ is heard as
Ê· in free variation within different dialects.
* /β, βʷ/ are originally bilabial, although many speakers under the influence of English pronounce them as labio-dental
, vÊ·
Vowels
External links
* Paradisec has two collections of
Arthur Cappell's materials
AC1AC2
and one collection of Malcolm Ross's
MR1
materials that include Sudest-language materials.
References
Papuan Tip languages
Languages of Milne Bay Province
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