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Huon Languages
The Huon languages are a language family, spoken on the Huon Peninsula of Papua New Guinea, that was classified within the original Trans–New Guinea languages, Trans–New Guinea (TNG) proposal, and William A. Foley considers their TNG identity to be established. They share with the Finisterre languages a small closed class of verbs taking pronominal object prefixes some of which are cognate across both families (Suter 2012), strong morphological evidence that they are related. Internal structure Huon and Finisterre, and the connection between them, were identified by Kenneth McElhanon (1967, 1970). They are clearly valid language families. Huon contains two clear branches, Eastern and Western. The Western languages allow more consonants in syllable-final position (p, t, k, m, n, ŋ), while the Eastern languages have neutralized those distinctions to two, the glottal stop (written ''c'') and the velar nasal (McElhanon 1974: 17). Beyond that, classification is based on lexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon Peninsula
Huon Peninsula is a large rugged peninsula on the island of New Guinea in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea. It is named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. The peninsula is dominated by the steep Saruwaged and Finisterre and Cromwell Mountains. The nearest large town is the Morobe provincial capital Lae to the south, while settlements on the north coast include the former German town of Finschhafen, the district capital of Wasu, Malalamai and Saidor with its World War II era Saidor Airport. The Huon Peninsula is home to a diverse range of indigenous communities, each with their own unique cultures and traditions. The region is known for its rich biodiversity, with a wide range of flora and fauna that are found nowhere else in the world. The Huon Peninsula Conservation Area is home to numerous endangered species, including the Huon tree kangaroo and the golden-mantled tree kangaroo. The area was the site of the Huon Peninsula campaign of Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedua Language
Dedua is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Dzeigoc and Fanic. Phonology The plain linked text shows IPA, while the text in angle brackets A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their n ... shows the orthography. If no angle brackets are shown, the orthography is the same as the IPA. Vowels Consonants References External links Dedua phonology data Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingua Franca
A lingua franca (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language or language of wider communication (LWC), is a Natural language, language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a First language, native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages. Linguae francae have developed around the world throughout human history, sometimes for commercial reasons (so-called "trade languages" facilitated trade), but also for cultural, religious, diplomatic and administrative convenience, and as a means of exchanging information between scientists and other scholars of different nationalities. The term is taken from the medieval Mediterranean Lingua Franca, a Romance languages, Romance-based pidgin language used especially by traders in the Mediterranean Basin from the 11th to the 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sialum Language
Sialum is a Papuan language of Sialum Rural LLG (), Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ono Language
Ono is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken as a second language A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a foreign language. A speaker's dominant language, which ... by a couple thousand speakers of related languages. References {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomu Language
Nomu is a Papuan language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timbe Language
Timbe is a Papuan languages, Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Women and older men are monolingual. Phonology Consonants * /b, d̪, ɡ/ can be lenited as [β, ɾ~r, ɣ] in intervocalic positions. * /t̪, d̪/ are heard as [tʃ, dʒ] when following /ŋ/. Vowels References External links Timbe Grammar Sketch {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selepet Language
Selepet (or Selepe) is a Papuan language spoken in Selepet Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... Evolution Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012): References {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komba Language
Komba is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References Further reading * * {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabak Language
Nabak (also known as ''Wain'') is a Papuan language spoken by around 16,000 people in the Morobe Province located in the western Huon Peninsula of Papua New Guinea. Nabak follows the SOV typology. It uses Latin script The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree ... in its written form. Classification and language status Nabak is sub-grouped into the Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Western, Huon language family. The Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGDIS) has the Nabak level 5. A level 5 language is considered as “developing”, meaning that Nabak is thriving but a standardized form is not widespread. Level 1 speakers, or ''native speakers'', on average are about 50 to 75 percent fluent in Nabak. The language is spread throughout approximately 30 sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mese Language
Mesem (Mesẽ) is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Names The alternate names for Mesem are Mese, Momalili, and Momolili. Phonology Consonants The table below shows Mesem's consonantal phonemes A phoneme () is any set of similar speech sounds that are perceptually regarded by the speakers of a language as a single basic sound—a smallest possible phonetic unit—that helps distinguish one word from another. All languages con ...: The language also has /w/, which is a voiced labio-velar fricative, not an approximant. Vowel The table below shows Mesem's vowel phonemes: Orthography References Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages {{Papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumokio Language
Kumokio is a Papuan language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References {{Finisterre–Huon languages Languages of Morobe Province Huon languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
