Most Fijian languages have a unique prenasalizedalveolar trill, transcribed here as ⟨ⁿr⟩. Western Fijian in particular, is unique among Fijian languages for having labialized velar consonants. All vowels come in long and short forms, and so does the bilabial nasal (/m/).[2]: 212
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^Western Fijian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abcdeBlust, R. A; Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University (2009). The Austronesian languages. ISBN978-0858836020.
^Geraghty, Paul (2002). "Nadrogā". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon. pp. 833–847.
western, fijian, language, western, fijian, also, known, wayan, oceanic, language, spoken, fiji, about, people, western, fijiannative, tofijiregionwestern, half, viti, levu, yasawa, islands, mamanuca, islandsnative, speakers, cited, 1977, language, familyaustr. Western Fijian also known as Wayan 2 212 is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 57 000 people Western FijianNative toFijiRegionwestern half of Viti Levu Yasawa Islands and Mamanuca IslandsNative speakers 57 000 cited 1977 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo Polynesian MP OceanicCentral PacificWest Fijian RotumanWest FijianWestern FijianLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code wyy class extiw title iso639 3 wyy wyy a Glottologwest2519It is distinct from Eastern Fijian also known as Bauan or Standard Fijian Phonology editWestern Fijian consonant phonemes 2 3 Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottalplain lab Nasal m mː n ŋ ŋʷPlosive voiced pren ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷvoiceless t tʃ k kʷ ʔ Fricative voiced b dvoiceless s hTrill r ⁿrApproximant w l j mː is heard in the Wayan dialect 2 212 Western Fijian vowel phonemes 2 Front Central BackHigh i iː u uːMid e eː o oːLow a aːMost Fijian languages have a unique prenasalized alveolar trill transcribed here as ⁿr Western Fijian in particular is unique among Fijian languages for having labialized velar consonants All vowels come in long and short forms and so does the bilabial nasal m 2 212 References edit Western Fijian at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b c d e Blust R A Pacific Linguistics Australian National University 2009 The Austronesian languages ISBN 978 0858836020 Geraghty Paul 2002 Nadroga In Lynch John Ross Malcolm Crowley Terry eds The Oceanic Languages Richmond Curzon pp 833 847 nbsp This Austronesian languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Western Fijian language amp oldid 1202492472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
