Kwamera language
(Redirected from Nafe language)
| Kwamera | |
|---|---|
| South Tanna | |
| Nafe, Nɨfe | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tnk |
| Glottolog | kwam1252 |
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Kwamera, or South Tanna [ntk], the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is an Oceanic language, spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu, by about 3,500 people.[2]
Writing system
[edit | edit source]| Majuscules | A | E | F | Fw | G | H | I | Ɨ | K | Kw | M | Mw | N | O | P | Pw | R | S | T | U | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minuscules | a | e | f | fw | g | h | i | ɨ | k | kw | m | mw | n | o | p | pw | r | s | t | u | v |
Resources
[edit | edit source]The Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary, hosted at Swarthmore College, includes 3,233 entries, 3,212 audio files, 1,236 images, and video clips.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Kwamera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- ^ Lindstrom 1986, p. vi.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Balick MJ, Ramík DM, Ramík N, Nemisa Kumas IK, Plunkett GM, Kelso N, Dovo P, Harrison KD. (2024) “The children of the Sun and Moon are the gardens”—How people, plants, and a living Sun shape life on Tanna, Vanuatu. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0313997.
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- K. David Harrison & Martial Wahe, 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College.