Nukuria language
| Nuguria | |
|---|---|
| Nukuria | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Nuguria |
Native speakers | 550 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nur |
| Glottolog | nuku1259 |
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Nukuria is a Polynesian language spoken by about 550 people on Nuguria, Papua New Guinea.[2]
Classification
[edit | edit source]Nukuria is part of the Ellicean–Outlier subbranch of the Polynesian languages,[3] and is closely related to other nearby languages such as Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuoro, and Luangiua.[4][5]
Status
[edit | edit source]The language was taught in primary schools on Nuguria and was used for daily communications between adults and children.[6]
Research on the language (as well as the location it is spoken) is scarce. Past research stated Nuguria was at risk of endangerment; at that point it was still being passed to children.[citation needed] However, recent research indicates that Nukuria is now most likely an extinct language.[7]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]The Nukuria language's alphabet contains five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, and fifteen consonants: /p/, /b/, /m/, /f/, /v/, /t/, /s/, /n/, /l/, /r/, /k/, /g/, /ŋ/, /w/, /h/.[8]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | g | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | |
| voiced | v | ||||
| Approximant | l | w | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
Grammar
[edit | edit source]There is a distinct scarceness of research on the grammar and alphabet of the Nukuria language, but, as with many Austronesian languages, Nukuria has a subject-verb-object sentence structure.[citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Nuguria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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