Halia language
| Halia | |
|---|---|
| Selau | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Buka Island, |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1994)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hla |
| Glottolog | hali1244 |
Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology[]
The phonology of the Halia language:[2]
Consonants[]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | g | ||||
| Affricate | ts ~ tʃ | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Mid | (e) | o | |
| ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Low | a |
Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.
[e] exists, but not as a monopthong.
Allophones[]
| Phoneme | Allophones |
| /b/ | [β] |
| /ɡ/ | [ɣ], [χ] |
| /ts/ | [tʃ] |
| /r/ | [ɾ] |
| /a/ | [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ] |
| /ʊ/ | [ɨ] |
| /ei/ | [e], [ɛi], [ɛ] |
Literature[]
In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society.[3]
References[]
- ^ Halia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521416917.
External links[]
- Written materials on Halia are available at Kaipuleohone under 'Selau'
Categories:
- Northwest Solomonic languages
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
- Western Oceanic language stubs