Английская Википедия:Cèmuhî language
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Cèmuhî (Camuhi, Camuki, Tyamuhi, Wagap) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of New Caledonia, in the area of Poindimié, Koné, and Touho. The language has approximately 3,300 speakers and is considered a regional language of France.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of Cèmuhî (after Rivierre 1980) are shown in the table below.
Rivierre (1980) analyzes the contrasts of Cèmuhî along three emic categories: nasal, semi-nasal (i.e. prenasalized), and oral consonants.
Vowels
The chart below shows Cèmuhî vowels, all of which can contrast in both length and nasality.[1]
Front | Back | |
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Close | Шаблон:IPA | Шаблон:IPA |
Close-mid | Шаблон:IPA | Шаблон:IPA |
Open-mid | Шаблон:IPA | Шаблон:IPA |
Open | Шаблон:IPA |
Tone
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.[2]
See also
Notes
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Ill (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.
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External links
- Audio recordings in the Cèmuhî language, in open access, by Jean-Claude Rivierre (source: Pangloss Collection).
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