- Source: Nemi language
The Nemi language is a Kanak language of the Austronesian language family spoken by 320 people in the north of New Caledonia, in the commune of Hienghène. Dialects include Ouanga, Ouélis, and Kavatch.
Phonology
The phonology of Nemi is as follows:
Note that the 'labiovelar' consonants are labialized and velarized bilabial consonants (with the exception of /w/ and its voiceless, nasal, and voiceless nasal counterparts, which are labial-velar approximants.).
The vowel /a/ actually represents the low central unrounded vowel, [ä], and not the low front unrounded vowel, [a].
References
Bibliography
Haudricourt, André-Georges; Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1982). Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije, fwâi, nemi, jawe. Précédé d'une phonologie comparée des langues de Hienghène et du proto-océanien. Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 285. ISBN 978-2852971349.
External links
Information about the Nemi language
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kajol
- Ragam nonbaku dalam bahasa Sunda
- Nemi language
- Nemi
- Lake Nemi
- Nemi ships
- New Caledonian languages
- Nemi (disambiguation)
- Temple of Diana (Nemi)
- NEM
- Hawaiian language
- Proto-Germanic language
