Английская Википедия:Gumawana language

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Gumawana (sometimes also referred to by the exonym Gumasi) is an Austronesian language spoken by people living on the Amphlett Islands of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

Classification

Gumawana is an Austronesian language of the North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux branch.

Geographic distribution

Gumawana is spoken by some 470 people in the small Amphlett Islands of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay Province. The language is spoken on the four inhabited islands of the archipelago: Nubogeta, Gumawana, Omea, and Bituma.[1] Gumawama has been influenced by the nearby Dobu language, and speakers of Gumawana often have knowledge of other neighboring Papuan Tip languages.[1]

Dialects

Gumawana had three dialects: Nubogeta, Omea, and Bituma. The last speaker of the Omea dialect died in April 1988. The Bituma dialect is very different from the Nubogeta dialect of Nubogeta and Gumawana islands in both syntax and lexicon.[1]

Phonology

Gumawana has 11 consonant phonemes and 5 vowel phonemes.[1]

Gumawana consonants
Bilabial Labio-Dental Alveolar Velar
Plosive Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Fricative Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Nasal Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Lateral Шаблон:IPA link

Olson represents the labio-dental consonant Шаблон:IPA as bilabial Шаблон:IPA in later works, and also includes the palatal approximant Шаблон:IPA.[2]

Gumawana vowels
Front Central Back
Close Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Close-mid Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Open Шаблон:IPA link

Syllables have a (C)V structure.

Grammar

Clauses in Gumawana have a basic order of SOV. Oblique noun phrases occur between the direct object and the verb.[1]Шаблон:Interlinear

References

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Шаблон:Papuan Tip languages Шаблон:Austronesian languages Шаблон:Languages of Papua New Guinea


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