Unua language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Unua | |
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Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Malekula |
Native speakers | 750 (1999)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | onu |
Glottolog | unua1237 |
ELP | Unua |
Unua, or Onua, is an Oceanic language spoken in south-east Malekula, Vanuatu. It is said to be a dialect of the same language, Unua-Pangkumu, as Rerep (Pangkumu).[2]
Phonology[]
The following table lists the contrastive consonant sounds of Unua. There are 16 consonant phonemes for younger Unua speakers and an additional three contrastive velarized labial consonants for older speakers, shown below in parentheses.
Bilabial | Coronal | Dorsal | |||
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plain | labial | ||||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | (pʷ) | t | k |
prenasal | ᵐb | (ᵐbʷ) | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |
Affricate | t͡ʃ | ||||
Fricative | β | (βʷ) | s | ɣ | |
Rhotic/Trill | ᵐʙ | ɾ, r | |||
Approximant | l |
The following table lists the contrastive vowel sounds of Unua. Younger speakers have five vowel phonemes and older speakers have an additional three, shown in parentheses.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | (ʉ) | u |
Mid | e (ø) | (ɵ) | o |
Low | a |
Grammar[]
Unua has SVO ordering.
References[]
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