One (also known as Onele and Aunalei) is a
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'' 4.0 lists the following One varieties as separate languages:
*Southern One
*Kwamtim One
*Central-Northern One
**Inebu
**Kabore
**Molmo
**Northern One
A detailed dialectology of One is described in Crowther (2001).
[Crowther, Melissa. 2001. ''All the One language(s): comparing linguistic and ethnographic definitions of language in New Guinea''. MA thesis, University of Sydney.]
The One dialects are spoken in the following villages and wards of
West Wapei Rural LLG
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Sandaun Province
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*''Kwamtim One'' is spoken in Kwamtum () and Kwatim () villages.
*''Inebu One'' is spoken in Inebu ward ().
*''Kabore One'' is spoken in Kabore ward ().
*''Molmo One'' is spoken in Molmo ward ().
Phonology
Molmo One consonants are:
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Molmo One vowels are:
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Pronouns
Molmo One pronouns:
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Nouns
Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:
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Further reading
*Donohue, Mark P. n.d. ''Lexical categories, complexity and the configurationality split in One''. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.
References
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
One languages
Languages of Sandaun Province