Moi language
| Moi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
Native speakers | (4,600 cited 1993)[1] |
Language family | West Papuan
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mxn |
| Glottolog | moii1235 |
Moi is a West Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | (ʔ) | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
[ʔ] is in free variation with /k/ in word-final position.
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a | ɑ |
/i, u/ can also be heard as [ɪ, ʊ].[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Moi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Penyusun, Tim (2017). Kamus dwibahasa: Bahasa Mooi - Bahasa Indonesia.
- ^ Menick, Raymond (1995). Moi, a language of the West Papuan phylum: A preview. Baak, Connie and Bakker, Mary and van der Meij, Dick (eds.), Tales from a concave world: Liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve: Leiden University. pp. 55–73.
Categories:
- Languages of western New Guinea
- West Bird's Head languages
- Papuan language stubs