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Northwest Solomonic Languages
The family of Northwest Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel (excluding Bugotu) in Solomon Islands. The unity of Northwest Solomonic and the number and composition of its subgroups, along with its relationship to other Oceanic groups, was established in pioneering work by Malcolm Ross. Languages Northwest Solomonic languages group as follows: * Nehan – North Bougainville linkage ** Nehan (Nissan) **Saposa–Tinputz: Hahon, Ratsua, Saposa (Taiof)– Teop, Tinputz **Buka: Halia– Hakö, Petats ** Papapana ** Solos * Piva–Bannoni family: Piva (Lawunuia), Bannoni * Mono–Uruavan family: Mono-Alu, Torau, Uruava *Choiseul linkage: Babatana (including Sisingga)– Ririo, Vaghua– Varisi *New Georgia – Ysabel family **New Georgia linkage: Simbo (Simbo Island), Roviana– Kusaghe, Marovo, Hoava, Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Bougainville, a part of Papua New Guinea to the west, Australia to the southwest, New Caledonia and Vanuatu to the southeast, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, and Tuvalu to the east, and Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia to the north. It has a total area of 28,896 square kilometres (11,157 sq mi), and a population of 734,887 according to the official estimates for mid-2023. Its capital and largest city, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehan Language
Nehan, also known as Nissan or Nihan, is an Austronesian language spoken on the Green Islands, north of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Dialects Nehan has three dialects. Two are spoken on Nissan Island; Uanuleik, spoken by about 5000 people, and Sirouatan, spoken by about 1000 people. The other, spoken on Pinipel Island, is simply called Pinipel and is spoken by about 1000 people. The lexical similarity between Uanuleik and Pinipel is about 83%. Status Nehan is the dominant language in the communities where it is spoken; most everyday communication is in the language, although Tok Pisin, the lingua franca of Papua New Guinea, is sometimes used. For example, Tok Pisin is used in some speeches at village meetings (occasionally in conjunction with Nehan in the same meeting, or same speech); at village court (formerly conducted primarily in Nehan, but now done in Tok Pisin by some speakers); at the large market at the government station, as well as with outsiders. Most peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mono-Alu Language
Mono, or Alu, is an Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands, reportedly spoken by a total of 2,944 people with 660 people on Treasury Island (Mono proper), 2,270 on Shortland Island (Alu dialect), and 14 on Fauro Island in 1999. The Mono-Alu language has been documented by Joel L. Fagan, a researcher for the Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. His publication, "A Grammatical Analysis of Mono-Alu (Bougainville Straits, Solomon Islands)," is the first and only translation and analysis of the Mono-Alu language. Phonology The Alu alphabet # The Alu alphabet has 19 letters: A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, and V. # Of these letters, D was seldom used instead of R for euphony's sake but is used now in new foreign words or names introduced in the language. It is also used to represent the allophonic variant of the phoneme /ɾ/. #The letter V is used to represent the allophonic variant of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bannoni Language
Bannoni, also known as Tsunari, is an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It has approximately 1,000 native speakers. The Banoni people refer to their language as , but acknowledge the name ''Banoni'' and accept it as well. technically translates to 'their truth'. Location The exact location of the Banoni people and the region where their language is spoken is Banoni Census Division, Buin Sub-District, Bouganville Province, Papua New Guinea. The Bouganville Province is technically an island in between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Geographically speaking, the region of the island where Banoni is spoken is near and on the coast of Empress Augusta Bay in the southwest Bouganville province. Villages are separated from the coast by swamps at the bottom of Motopena Point. The villages in which Banoni is spoken are Mabes, Mariga, Kongara, Dzarara. There is a speech variety which is different but mutually intelligible with that of other villages by the names of Mok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piva Language
Lawunuia (also called Piva) is an Austronesian language spoken along the Piva river in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Banoni; together, Lawununia and Banoni make up one of the five primary branches of Northwest Solomonic, a major subgroup of the Oceanic languages 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 .... References Northwest Solomonic languages Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solos Language
Solos is an Austronesian language of Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. Approximately 15,000 people (2022) are estimated to speak Solos as a first language out of an ethnic population of about 17,000 (2022). Alphabet Solos uses an adapted Latin alphabet of 22 characters, five of which are vowels, two are digraphs, and one is the saltillo symbol, which in practical writing and typing is often expressed as a simple apostrophe. The letters are (vowels in bold): a, b, d, e, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, ng, o, p, r, s, t, ts, u, w, y, ꞌ ⟨ng⟩ is used for /ŋ/, ⟨ts⟩ is used for /t͡ʃ/, ⟨y⟩ is used for /j/, and ⟨ꞌ⟩ is used for the glottal stop /ʔ/. The other letters are approximately phonetic. Phonology Solos has about 21 core phonemes: 5 vowels and around 16 consonants. The usage of some of these phonemes tend to vary in some words by dialect or village, as well as exhibiting some free variation from person to person, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papapana Language
Papapana is an Austronesian language of Bougainville, 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 * * External links * ELAR archive oPapapana language documentation materials Northwest Solomonic languages Definitely endangered languages Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petats Language
Petats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan, and Sumoun. Grammar Verbal inflection is accomplished through post verbal pronominal particles which carry tense and mood marking. References Resources * Global Recordings NetworPetats* Jerry Allen and Matthew Beaso. 1975Petats Phonemes and OrthographyPetats Organised Phonology Data* Materials on Petats are included in the open access Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South W ... collectionsAC1anAC2 and the Malcolm Ross collectionMR1 held by Paradisec. Northwest Solomonic languages Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakö Language
Hakö is an Austronesian language The Austronesian languages ( ) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken b ... of Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. External links * Materials on Hakö are included in the open access Arthur Capell AC2 and Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm RossMR1 collections held by Paradisec. References Northwest Solomonic languages Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halia Language
Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Phonology The phonology of the Halia language: Consonants Vowels Diphthong vowel sounds include . exists, but not as a monophthong. Allophones Grammar Pronouns There are four sets of pronouns. The first set functions as the subject when preceding the verb. Set 2 functions as a subject or object when following the verb. Set 3 is used for inalienable possession. Set 4 is used for alienable possession. There is an inclusive/exclusive first person distinction. The suffix ''-e'' signifies a transitive verb. Literature In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society. References External links * Written materials on Halia are available at Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinputz Language
Tinputz is an Austronesian language spoken in Tinputz Rural LLG of Bougainville, 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 Northwest Solomonic languages Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville {{MesoMelanesian-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teop Language
Teop is a language of northern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It falls within the Oceanic languages, a subgrouping of the Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian people, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples who have settled in Taiwan, maritime Sout ... language family. According to Malcolm Ross, Teop belongs to the Nehan-Bougainville family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa. References External links The Teop sketch grammar* Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materialsAC1 that include Peop language materials and one collection from Lynne McDonald [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
