Buna language
Buna | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 750 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bvn |
Glottolog | buna1277 |
ELP | Buna |
Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
There are two dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin (4°01′08″S 144°03′37″E / 4.018975°S 144.060235°E), Boig (3°50′55″S 144°03′18″E / 3.84861°S 144.054923°E), Waskurin (3°52′12″S 144°04′05″E / 3.870089°S 144.068112°E), and Arapang (3°52′49″S 144°04′24″E / 3.88039°S 144.073217°E) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan (3°57′13″S 144°14′22″E / 3.953676°S 144.239463°E), and Garien villages.[2][3]
Morphology[]
Buna has four noun classes. Noun class concord affixes in Buna are shown in the following examples.[4]
- Class 1
singular (masculine) plural (masculine) uri gaba-re do-ko-n oret gaba-bwe bo-ko-m person.I.SG big-I.SG I.SG.SBJ-go-I.SG person.I.PL big-I.PL I.PL.SBJ-go-I.PL ‘The big man went.’ ‘The big men went.’
- Class 2
singular (feminine) plural (feminine) uri gaba-gwe go-ko-ŋ oret gaba-ʔe e-ko person.II.SG big-II.SG II.SG.SBJ-go-II.SG person.II.PL big-II.PL II.PL.SBJ-go ‘The big woman went.’ ‘The big women went.’
- Class 3
singular (class III) plural (class III) wan gaba-re na-ti-n wan gaba-we u-ti-u banana.III.SG big-III.SG III.SG.SBJ-fall-III.SG banana.III.PL big-III.PL III.PL.SBJ-fall-III.PL ‘A big banana fell down.’ ‘Big bananas fell down.’
- Class 4
singular (class IV) plural (class IV) kwala gaba-le li-ti-l kwala gaba-be bə-t-əm netbag.IV.SG big-IV.SG IV.SG.SBJ-fall-IV.SG netbag.IV.PL big-IV.PL IV.PL.SBJ-fall-IV.PL ‘A big netbag fell down.’ ‘Some big netbags fell down.’
References[]
- ^ Buna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links[]
Categories:
- Marienberg languages
- Languages of East Sepik Province
- Papuan language stubs