The Nemi language is a Kanak language spoken by 320 people in the north of New Caledonia, in the commune of Hienghène. Dialects include Ouanga, Ouélis, and Kavatch.[2]
Note that the 'labiovelar' consonants are labialized and velarized bilabial consonants (with the exception of /w/ and its voiceless, nasal, and voiceless nasal counterparts, which are labial-velar approximants.).
Haudricourt, André-Georges; Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1982). Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije, fwâi, nemi, jawe. Précédé d'une phonologie comparée des langues de Hienghène et du proto-océanien. Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 285. ISBN978-2852971349.
nemi, language, kanak, language, spoken, people, north, caledonia, commune, hienghène, dialects, include, ouanga, ouélis, kavatch, neminative, tohienghène, caledonianative, speakers910, 2009, census, language, familyaustronesian, malayo, polynesianoceanicsouth. The Nemi language is a Kanak language spoken by 320 people in the north of New Caledonia in the commune of Hienghene Dialects include Ouanga Ouelis and Kavatch 2 NemiNative toHienghene New CaledoniaNative speakers910 2009 census 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicSouthern OceanicNew Caledonian LoyaltiesNew CaledonianNorthern New CaledonianNorth NorthernNemi languagesNemiLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code nem class extiw title iso639 3 nem nem a Glottolognemi1240ELPNemiNemi is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in Danger source source Sample audio of spoken Nemi intro and last part are French Contents 1 Phonology 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksPhonology editThe phonology of Nemi is as follows 3 Consonants Labiovelar Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalNasals voiced mʷˠ m n ɲ ŋvoiceless m ʷˠ m n ɲ ŋ Stops tenuis pʷˠ p t c kaspirated pʷˠʰ pʰ tʰ kʰprenasalized ᵐpʷˠ ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑkpostnasalized pʷˠᵐ pᵐ tⁿ cᶮ kᵑContinuants voiced oral w v l jvoiceless oral w f j hvoiced nasal w voiceless nasal w h Note that the labiovelar consonants are labialized and velarized bilabial consonants with the exception of w and its voiceless nasal and voiceless nasal counterparts which are labial velar approximants Vowels Front Backshort long short longHigh i iː u uːMid e eː o oːLow a aːThe vowel a actually represents the low central unrounded vowel a and not the low front unrounded vowel a References edit Nemi at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Isabelle Bril Francoise Ozanne Rivierre Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness 2012 p 389 Rivierre Francoise 1975 Phonologie du nemi Nouvelle Caledonie et notes sur les consonnes postnasalisees Bulletin de la Societe de Linguistique de Paris 70 345 356 Bibliography editHaudricourt Andre Georges Ozanne Rivierre Francoise 1982 Dictionnaire thematique des langues de la region de Hienghene Nouvelle Caledonie pije fwai nemi jawe Precede d une phonologie comparee des langues de Hienghene et du proto oceanien Paris Societe d Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France p 285 ISBN 978 2852971349 External links editInformation about the Nemi language This article about Southern Oceanic languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This New Caledonia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nemi language amp oldid 1176226147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
