Like its neighbour Paicî, Cèmuhî is one of the few Austronesian languages which have developed contrastive tone. However, unlike other New Caledonian tonal languages, Cèmuhî has three tonal registers: high, mid, and low tones.[3]
Rivierre, Jean-Claude [fr] (1972). Les Tons de la langue de Touho (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : Etude diachronique. Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, 1972, vol.67, n°1, p. 301-316.
Rivierre, Jean-Claude (1980). La Langue de Touho : Phonologie et grammaire du Cèmuhî (Nouvelle-Calédonie). Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 363.
Rivierre, Jean-Claude (1983). Dictionnaire cèmuhî – français, suivi d'un lexique français – cèmuhî. Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 375.
External links
Audio recordings in the Cèmuhî language, in open access, by Jean-Claude Rivierre (source: Pangloss Collection).
February 13, 2023
cèmuhî, language, cèmuhî, camuhi, camuki, tyamuhi, wagap, oceanic, language, spoken, island, caledonia, area, poindimié, koné, touho, language, approximately, speakers, considered, regional, language, france, cèmuhîwagapnative, tonew, caledoniaregiontouho, eas. Cemuhi Camuhi Camuki Tyamuhi Wagap is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of New Caledonia in the area of Poindimie Kone and Touho The language has approximately 3 300 speakers and is considered a regional language of France CemuhiWagapNative toNew CaledoniaRegionTouho east coast from Congouma to Wagap and inland valleysNative speakers2 600 2009 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicSouthern OceanicNew Caledonian LoyaltiesNew CaledonianNorthern New CaledonianCentral NorthernCemuhiWriting systemLatin scriptLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code cam class extiw title iso639 3 cam cam a Glottologcemu1238Cemuhi is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in Danger Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 1 3 Tone 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Bibliography 5 External linksPhonology EditConsonants Edit The consonants of Cemuhi after Rivierre 1980 are shown in the table below Consonant phonemes Labiovelar Labial Retroflex Palatal Velar LaryngealVoiceless stop pʷ p t c k Prenasalized stop ᵐbʷ ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg Nasal mʷ h ʷ m n ɲ ŋ h Continuant w r l h Rivierre 1980 analyzes the contrasts of Cemuhi along three emic categories nasal semi nasal i e prenasalized and oral consonants Vowels Edit The chart below shows Cemuhi vowels all of which can contrast in both length and nasality 2 Vowel phonemes Front BackClose i uClose mid e oOpen mid ɛ ɔOpen aTone Edit Like its neighbour Paici Cemuhi is one of the few Austronesian languages which have developed contrastive tone However unlike other New Caledonian tonal languages Cemuhi has three tonal registers high mid and low tones 3 See also EditNorthern New Caledonian languagesNotes Edit Cemuhi at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Rivierre 1980 Rivierre 1972 1980 Bibliography EditRivierre Jean Claude fr 1972 Les Tons de la langue de Touho Nouvelle Caledonie Etude diachronique Bulletin de la Societe de Linguistique de Paris 1972 vol 67 n 1 p 301 316 Rivierre Jean Claude 1980 La Langue de Touho Phonologie et grammaire du Cemuhi Nouvelle Caledonie Paris Societe d Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France p 363 Rivierre Jean Claude 1983 Dictionnaire cemuhi francais suivi d un lexique francais cemuhi Paris Societe d Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France p 375 External links EditAudio recordings in the Cemuhi language in open access by Jean Claude Rivierre source Pangloss Collection Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cemuhi language amp oldid 1138195785, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
