Nauruuan
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Nauruuan | |
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Dorerin Naoero | |
Native to | Niue |
Region | Nauru |
Native speakers |
unknown (6 000 as a primarii laenghwij i' Nauru cited 1991)[1] 1 000 as a sekand laenghwij (1991) |
Laenghwij family | |
Dialects |
Yaren Dialekt
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Laenghwij codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nau |
Nauruuan ulla Nauru[2][3] (Nauruuan: Dorerin Naoero) esa Osheaniik laenghwij, tal'n nativlii b' abaut 6 000 piopel i' t' ailen kuntrii o' Nauru. Ets relayshunship tuu t' taedha Mikroneyshun laenghwijs es nor understood wel.
Fonolojii
[edet | edit source]Consonents
[edet | edit source]Nauruan haufs 16–17 consonant fonemes. Nauruan meiks fonemic kontrasts b'twiin welariz'd an palataliz'd labial consonants. Welarisayshun es nor wisibul b'foor lon bak wowels an palatalisyshun es nor wisibul b'foor nor-lo frunt wowels.[4]
Bilabial | Dental | Dorsal | ||||
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palatalized | velarized | Palatal | afta-welar | labial | ||
Naysal | mʲ | mˠ | n | ŋ | (ŋʷ) | |
Stawp | voiceless | pʲ | pˠ | t | k | kʷ |
voiced | bʲ | bˠ | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | |
Aaproksimant | ʝ | ɣʷ | ||||
Rotik | r rʲ |
Voiceless stawps es geminat'd an dem naysal also kontrast i' lonness.[6] Dental stawps /t/ an /d/ b'kam [tʃ] an [dʒ] respectivlii b'foor dem hi frunt wowel.[7]
Referensiis
[edet | edit source]- ↑ Nauruuan reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: nau". ISO 639-2 Registration Authority - Library of Congress. "Name: Nauru" Unknown parameter
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