• Source: Nengone language

Nengone is a language of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.




Phonology


The phonological inventory of consonants is atypically large for an Oceanic language. Many sounds which are allophones in other sub-families are distinct phonemes in the Nengone language:

Phonemes in parentheses only occur in words borrowed from other languages.




Bibliography


Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part I: Nengone-English. C-9, viii + 452 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1969. doi:10.15144/PL-C9
Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part II: English-Nengone. C-23, iv + 205 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. doi:10.15144/PL-C23




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Nengone language
• New Caledonian languages
• Languages of New Caledonia
• Soyons unis, devenons frères
• Kanak people
• Drehu language
• Menaku
• Hawaiian language
• Moriori language
• Nauruan language