Nyindrou language

Nyindrou
Nyindrou
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	4,200 (1998)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Nyindrou; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lid
Glottolog	nyin1250

The Nyindrou language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 4200 people in the westernmost part of Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.^[2] It has SVO word order.^[2]

Phonology[]

Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:^[3]

Consonant sounds
		Bilabial		Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		plain	lab.	Alveolar	Palatal	plain	lab.	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	pʷ	t		k		ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	bʷ	d		g	ɡʷ
Nasal		m	mʷ	n	ɲ
Fricative				s				h
Affricate				ⁿdɾ	dʑ
Rhotic				ɾ
Lateral				l
Approximant		w			j

**Vowel sounds**
	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low		ɑ

References[]

^ Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ethnologue report for Nyindrou
^ Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.

External links[]

Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou

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[e18-1] Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Ethnologue-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ethnologue report for Nyindrou

[3] Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.

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