Английская Википедия:Dorig language
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Dorig (formerly called Wetamut) is a threatened Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu.
The language’s 300 speakers live mostly in the village of Dorig (Шаблон:IPA-all), on the south coast of Gaua. Smaller speaker communities can be found in the villages of Qteon (east coast) and Qtevut (west coast).
Dorig's immediate neighbours are Koro and Mwerlap.[1]
Name
The name Dorig is derived from the name of the village where it is spoken.
Phonology
Dorig has 8 phonemic vowels. These include 7 short monophthongs Шаблон:IPA and one long vowel Шаблон:IPA.[2]
Dorig has 15 consonant phonemes.[3][4]
The phonotactic template for a syllable in Dorig is: Шаблон:IPA — e.g. Шаблон:IPA ‘woman’ (< *rVᵐbʷai); Шаблон:IPA ‘poor’ (< *mʷasara); Шаблон:IPA ‘octopus’ (< *ɣurita). Remarkably, the consonant clusters of these /CCVC/ syllables are not constrained by the Sonority Sequencing Principle. Historically, these /CCVC/ syllables reflect former trisyllabic, paroxytone words */CVˈCVCV/, after deletion of the two unstressed vowels:[5] e.g. POc. *kuRíta ‘octopus’ > *wərítə > Шаблон:IPA.
Grammar
The system of personal pronouns in Dorig contrasts clusivity, and distinguishes four numbers (singular, dual, trial, plural).[6]
Spatial reference is based on a system of geocentric (absolute) directionals, which is typical of Oceanic languages.[7]
References
Bibliography
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External links
- Linguistic map of north Vanuatu, showing range of Dorig on Gaua.
- Audio recordings in Dorig language, in open access, by A. François (source: Pangloss Collection).
- A story in Dorig, with audio recording and translation.
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