Two vowels /iu/ in word-initial form can also be released as consonantal allophones [wj].[3]
External linksedit
Paradisec includes a number of collections with Tigak language materials.
Referencesedit
^Tigak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). "Tigak". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (fifteenth ed.). Dallas: SIL. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapter= (help)
^Beaumont, Clive H. (1974). The Tigak Language of New Ireland. Australian National University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
tigak, language, confused, with, languages, tigak, austronesian, language, spoken, about, people, 1991, kavieng, district, ireland, province, papua, guinea, tigakregionnew, ireland, province, papua, guineanative, speakers, cited, 1991, language, familyaustrone. Not to be confused with Omo languages Tigak or Omo is an Austronesian language spoken by about 6 000 people in 1991 2 in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province Papua New Guinea TigakRegionNew Ireland Province Papua New GuineaNative speakers 6 000 cited 1991 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicWesternMeso Melanesian New Ireland Tungag NalikTigakWriting systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code tgc class extiw title iso639 3 tgc tgc a Glottologtiga1245 The Tigak language area includes the provincial capital Kavieng Phonology editPhoneme inventory of the Tigak language Consonant sounds Labial Alveolar Velar Nasal m n ŋ Plosive voiceless p t k voiced b g Rhotic r Fricative voiceless b s lateral ɮ r can also be realized as ɾ allophonically Both k ɡ are back released as k ɡ Vowel sounds Front Central Back High i u Mid e ɔ Low a Phoneme Allophones i i ɪ y e e ɛ a ʌ a Two vowels i u in word initial form can also be released as consonantal allophones w j 3 External links editParadisec includes a number of collections with Tigak language materials References edit Tigak at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Gordon Raymond G Jr ed 2005 Tigak Ethnologue Languages of the World fifteenth ed Dallas SIL a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a External link in code class cs1 code chapter code help Beaumont Clive H 1974 The Tigak Language of New Ireland Australian National University a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link This article about Meso Melanesian languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tigak language amp oldid 1215918489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
