Английская Википедия:Blagar language
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox language Blagar is a Papuan language of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. The Tereweng dialect spoken on Tereweng Island off the southeast coast of Pantar[1] is sometimes considered a separate language.[2]
The increasing prominence of Indonesian has been putting pressure on the Blagar language although the language is still used by all age groups.Шаблон:Sfn By the 1970s Indonesian replaced Blagar as the language of churches and mosques, and in the early 2000s the spread of Indonesian was furthered by the introduction of electricity on Pura Island.Шаблон:Sfn
Phonology
Vowels
Blagar has five vowels, with a sharp contrast between short and long vowels.Шаблон:Sfn
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | Шаблон:IPAslink Шаблон:IPA |
Шаблон:IPAslink Шаблон:IPA |
| Mid | Шаблон:IPAslink Шаблон:IPA |
Шаблон:IPAslink Шаблон:IPA |
| Open | Шаблон:IPAslink Шаблон:IPA | |
Consonants
Grammar
The morphological typology of Blagar is categorized as isolating.Шаблон:Sfn
Writing system
Blagar uses the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet, and has two digraphs: Шаблон:Angbr and Шаблон:Angbr.
| Uppercase letters | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase letters | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
| IPA | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink, Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink~Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink, Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPA | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink, Шаблон:IPAslink |
| Digraphs | ng | sy |
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Шаблон:IPAslink | Шаблон:IPAslink |
Шаблон:Angbr, Шаблон:Angbr, Шаблон:Angbr, Шаблон:Angbr and Шаблон:Angbr are only used in foreign place names and loanwords.[2]
Another writing system is also used, which is phonemic and is similar to the writing system of Indonesian.Шаблон:Sfn
References
Bibliography
External links
Шаблон:Wiktionary category Шаблон:Incubator
- Alphabet and pronunciation
- Audio speech of the Pura dialect of Blagar
- Description of the Blagar language
- Blagar Swadesh list at TransNewGuinea.org
- Blagar Swadesh List by The Rosetta Project at the Internet Archive
- Genesis, Mark, and Acts in the Pura dialect of the Blagar language of Indonesia
- Blagar Dadibira Collection at The Language Archive
Шаблон:West Trans–New Guinea languages
