Buna language
| Buna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 750 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvn |
| Glottolog | buna1277 |
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Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
There are two divergent dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Boig (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Waskurin (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Arapang (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Garien villages.[1][2]
Morphology
[edit | edit source]Buna has four noun classes. Noun class concord affixes in Buna are shown in the following examples.[3]
- Class 1
singular (masculine) plural (masculine) uri
person.CL1.SG
gaba-re
big-CL1.SG
do-ko-n
CL1.SG.SBJ-go-CL1.SG
‘The big man went.’
oret
person.CL1.PL
gaba-bwe
big-CL1.PL
bo-ko-m
CL1.PL.SBJ-go-CL1.PL
‘The big men went.’
- Class 2
singular (feminine) plural (feminine) uri
person.CL2.SG
gaba-gwe
big-CL2.SG
go-ko-ŋ
CL2.SG.SBJ-go-CL2.SG
‘The big woman went.’
oret
person.CL2.PL
gaba-ʔe
big-CL2.PL
e-ko
CL2.PL.SBJ-go
‘The big women went.’
- Class 3
singular (class III) plural (class III) wan
banana.CL3.SG
gaba-re
big-CL3.SG
na-ti-n
CL3.SG.SBJ-fall-CL3.SG
‘A big banana fell down.’
wan
banana.CL3.PL
gaba-we
big-CL3.PL
u-ti-u
CL3.PL.SBJ-fall-CL3.PL
‘Big bananas fell down.’
- Class 4
singular (class IV) plural (class IV) kwala
netbag.CL4.SG
gaba-le
big-CL4.SG
li-ti-l
CL4.SG.SBJ-fall-CL4.SG
‘A big netbag fell down.’
kwala
netbag.CL4.PL
gaba-be
big-CL4.PL
bə-t-əm
CL4.PL.SBJ-fall-CL4.PL
‘Some big netbags fell down.’
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Paradisec houses a collection of Arthur Capell's materials that include Boiken (AC2) as well as recordings by Bill Foley (WF3) and notebooks from Don Laycock's work (DL2). All of these collections are open access.