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Pak Language (other)
Pak may refer to either of these two languages: * one of the names (better spelled ''Päk'') given to the Lemerig language * the Pak-Tong language See also * Languages of Pakistan Pakistan is a List of multilingual countries and regions, multilingual country with over 70 languages spoken as first languages. The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European l ...
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Lemerig Language
Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu. The language is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern coast of the island. Lemerig has receded in favour of its neighbours Mwotlap and Vera'a. Name The name ''Lemerig'' refers to a now abandoned village in northern Vanua Lava; it is spelled in the language of the same name. It reflects an earlier Proto-Torres-Banks form ''*lemeriɣi'', where the ''*riɣi'' component likely means "small". Dialects Lemerig has sometimes been referred to using the names of its local varieties: ''Päk''; ''Sasar''; ''Alo-Teqel''. Judging from wordlists published by missionary and linguist Robert Codrington, these three varieties were very close to each other. The little differences there were went extinct during the 20th century. Phonology Lemerig has 11 phonemic vowels. These are all short monophthongs .See François 2021. Grammar The system of personal pronouns in Lemerig contrasts c ...
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Pak-Tong Language
Pak-Tong (or Tong-Pak) is an Oceanic language of the Pak and Tong islands of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. References External links Audio recordingsanwritten materialsfor Pak are archived with Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual files, photographs, as well as hundreds of textual material such as notes, dictionaries, and transcriptions relating to small and endangered languages. The archive is stored ... Manus languages Languages of Manus Province {{admiralty-lang-stub ...
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