Английская Википедия:Gela language
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Gela (Eng. pron. Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell), also known as Nggela Шаблон:IPA-all[1] and formerly as Florida,[2] is an Oceanic language spoken in the Nggela Islands, in the middle of the Solomon Islands. It belongs to the Southeast Solomonic group of the Oceanic family.
Towards the end of the 19th century, Gela was used by the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, as a language of Christianisation[3] ‒ along with Mota, a language of the Banks islands of northern Vanuatu. The first translation of the scriptures in Gela was published in 1882.[2]
Dialects
The three dialects of Gela are very similar, differing mainly on a small number of phonological points.
Phonology
Phonemes
Consonants
Gela has the following consonant phonemes:
The fricative /z/ is realized as [ð] in alternation with a retroflex sibilant [ʐ], initially before /a/.[4]
The Gela dominant voiced is "h" not "z". "Z" is found in Savosavo language speakers (and Bugotu and part of Guadalcanal) who also speak Gela - primarily due to their use of the Church of Melanesia Common Prayer Books and Hymns (written in Gela in the 1940s).
Vowels
Gela uses Шаблон:IPA with no contrastive vowel length.
Stress
Stress generally occurs on each word's penultimate syllable.
Sample vocabulary
Numbers
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In general, for two-digit numbers, numbers are expressed as a*10+b, where a and b are numbers ranging from 1 to 9.
References
External links
- Na Lei Kokoeliulivuti Portions of the Anglican Prayer Book in Gela
- Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in Gela
- Paradisec open access collection of texts in Gela
- Paradisec open access collection of recordings in Gela
Шаблон:Languages of the Solomon Islands Шаблон:Austronesian languages
Шаблон:SESolomonic-lang-stub
Шаблон:Solomons-stub
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Na Lei Kokoeliulivuti: Prayers in the Florida Language. Anglican Church of Melanesia.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book