Dusner language
Dusner | |
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Native to | West Papua, Indonesia |
Region | Cenderawasih Bay |
Native speakers | 3 (2011)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dsn |
Glottolog | dusn1237 |
ELP | Dusner |
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Coordinates: 2°44′S 134°23′E / 2.74°S 134.39°E |
Dusner is a language spoken in the village of Dusner in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Dusner is highly endangered, and has been reported to have just three remaining speakers.[2][1][3]
Sociolinguistic situation[]
The language is highly endangered with only three speakers reported to be remaining.[2][1][3] In 2011, researchers from Oxford University's Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics began a project to document the vocabulary and grammar of the language, in collaboration with UNIPA (State University of Papua) and UNCEN (Cenderawasih University, Papua).[4][5] The project outputs were a vocabulary, a published grammar,[2] and a website documenting the language.
Phonology[]
The phoneme inventory of Dusner consists of five vowels and 19 consonants (five of which are only attested in loanwords from Indonesian/Papuan Malay).[2]
front | back | |
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high | i | u |
mid | e | o |
low | a |
labial | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | pharyngeal | |
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plosives | p b | t d | k g | |||
affricates | ( t͡ʃ ) ( d͡ʒ ) | |||||
fricatives | β | s | ( h ) | |||
nasal stops | m | n | ( ɲ ) | ŋ | ||
liquids | r ( l ) | |||||
glides | w | j |
(Phonèmes in parenthèses in the table are only attested in loanwords from Papuan Malay)
There is no tone in the language. The phonology of the language has a high number of complex syllable onsets, some of them contravening the Sonority Sequencing Principle.
Morphology[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Malvern, Jack (21 April 2011). "Last few speakers of Indonesian language Dusner nearly wiped out by flood, volcano". The Australian. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Dalrymple, Mary; Mofu, Suriel (2012). Dusner. LINCOM Europa. ISBN 9783862882786.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "April 21, 2011: articles on the Dusner language, spoken by 3 last speakers". SOROSORO: So the languages of the world may live on!. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ Alleyne, Richard (2011-04-21). "Oxford University mission to save a language spoken by three people". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2011-04-24. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ "Multimodal language documentation for Dusner, an endangered language of Papua". University of Oxford, Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
External links[]
- "Multimodal language documentation for Dusner, an endangered language of Papua". University of Oxford, Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
- Languages of western New Guinea
- Cenderawasih Bay
- Papua (province) culture
- Endangered Austronesian languages
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