Muyuw language
Muyuw | |
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Region | Eastern New Guinea |
Native speakers | 6,000 (1998)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | myw |
Glottolog | muyu1244 |
Muyuw language (Egum, Murua, Murua Dukwayasi, Murua Kaulae, Muruwa, Muyu, Muyua, Muyuwa) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken on the Woodlark Islands , in the Solomon Sea within Papua New Guinea.
Number of speakers: 6,000 (1998), of them 3,000 are monolinguals. Speakers also use Dobu, Kilivila or Misima-Paneati. Latin script is used.
Dialects included Yanaba, Lougaw (Gawa), Wamwan, Nawyem, Iwa. Iwa dialect is transitional between Muyuw and Kilivila. Lexical similarity 68% with Kilivila.
Phonology[]
Phonology of the Muyuw language:[2]
Consonants[]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||
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plain | lab. | plain | lab. | ||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | k | kʷ | |
voiced | b | bʷ | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||
Nasal | m | mʷ | |||||
Fricative | v | s | |||||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels[]
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
References[]
Categories:
- Papuan Tip languages
- Languages of Milne Bay Province
- Woodlark Islands
- Western Oceanic language stubs