The phonological inventory of consonants is atypically large for an Oceanic language. Many sounds which are allophones in other sub-families are distinct phonemes in the Nengone language:[2]
Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part I: Nengone-English. C-9, viii + 452 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1969. doi:10.15144/PL-C9
Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part II: English-Nengone. C-23, iv + 205 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. doi:10.15144/PL-C23
nengone, language, nengone, language, loyalty, islands, caledonia, nengoneregionmaré, island, caledonianative, speakers8, 2009, census, language, familyaustronesian, malayo, polynesianoceanicsouthern, oceanicnew, caledonian, loyaltiesloyalty, islandsnengonelan. Nengone is a language of the Loyalty Islands New Caledonia NengoneRegionMare Island New CaledoniaNative speakers8 700 2009 census 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicSouthern OceanicNew Caledonian LoyaltiesLoyalty IslandsNengoneLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code nen class extiw title iso639 3 nen nen a Glottologneng1238Nengone is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in DangerPhonology editThe phonological inventory of consonants is atypically large for an Oceanic language Many sounds which are allophones in other sub families are distinct phonemes in the Nengone language 2 Consonant sounds Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar GlottalPlosive voiceless p t ʈ k ʔvoiced b d ɖ ɡAffricate voiceless t ʃvoiced d ʒFricative voiceless f 8 s ʃ x hvoiced z ɣNasal voiceless m n ŋ voiced m n ɲ ŋRhotic rApproximant voiceless w voiced w ɭ jPhonemes in parentheses only occur in words borrowed from other languages 2 Vowel sounds Front BackHigh i uMid e oɛ ɔLow aBibliography editTryon D T and Dubois M J Nengone dictionary Part I Nengone English C 9 viii 452 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1969 doi 10 15144 PL C9 Tryon D T and Dubois M J Nengone dictionary Part II English Nengone C 23 iv 205 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1971 doi 10 15144 PL C23References edit nbsp Languages portal Nengone at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b Tryon Darrell T Nengone grammar B 6 x 101 pages Pacific Linguistics The Australian National University 1967 doi 10 15144 PL B6 This article about Southern Oceanic languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nengone language amp oldid 1194933627, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
