Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, 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 ...
spoken on
Maewo
Maewo (, in English as and formerly ''Aurora Island'') is an island in Vanuatu in Penama province, 105 km to the east of Espiritu Santo.
It is 47 km long, and 6 km wide, with an area of 269 km2. Its highest point is 795 ...
,
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...
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Phonology
Consonants
* /k/ can also have prenasal allophones
µ‘É¡or
µ‘k
* /Å‹Ê·/ can also have an allophone of a labial
Ê·in word-initial position.
Vowels
* /e, o/ can also have allophones of more open sounds
›, É”
* /i/ can also be heard as a semivowel
in word-final position.
Notes
References
*
Penama languages
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