Dusner language
{{Short description|Endangered Austronesian language of Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Dusner
|region=Cenderawasih Bay
|states=West Papua, Indonesia
|speakers=3
|date=2011
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
|fam4=Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
|fam5=South Halmahera–West New Guinea
|fam6=Cenderawasih Bay
|fam7=Biakic
|script=
|iso3=dsn
|glotto=dusn1237
|glottorefname=Dusner
|coordinates={{coord|-2.74|134.39}}
|pushpin_map=Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia#Southeast Asia
}}
Dusner is a language spoken in the village of Dusner in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. Dusner is highly endangered, and has been reported to have just three remaining speakers.
Sociolinguistic situation
The language is highly endangered with only three speakers reported to be remaining.{{cite book |last1=Dalrymple |first1=Mary |last2=Mofu |first2=Suriel |title=Dusner |date=2012 |publisher=LINCOM Europa |isbn=9783862882786}}{{cite web |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/last-few-speakers-of-indonesian-language-dusner-nearly-wiped-out-by-flood-volcano/story-e6frg8y6-1226042738101 |title=Last few speakers of Indonesian language Dusner nearly wiped out by flood, volcano |first=Jack |last=Malvern |work=The Australian |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=24 April 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sorosoro.org/en/april-21-2011-articles-on-the-dusner-language-spoken-by-3-last-speakers |title=April 21, 2011: articles on the Dusner language, spoken by 3 last speakers. |website=SOROSORO: So the languages of the world may live on! |access-date=2013-02-08}} In 2011, researchers from Oxford University's Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics began a project to document the vocabulary and grammar of the language, in collaboration with UNIPA (State University of Papua) and UNCEN (Cenderawasih University, Papua).{{Cite news |last=Alleyne |first=Richard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8463840/Oxford-University-mission-to-save-a-language-spoken-by-three-people.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424112653/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8463840/Oxford-University-mission-to-save-a-language-spoken-by-three-people.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-24 |title=Oxford University mission to save a language spoken by three people |date=2011-04-21 |work=Telegraph |access-date=2013-02-08}}{{Cite web
| title = Multimodal language documentation for Dusner, an endangered language of Papua
| work = University of Oxford, Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics
| access-date = 2013-02-08
| url = http://dusner.clp.ox.ac.uk/
}} The project outputs were a vocabulary, a published grammar, and a website documenting the language.
Phonology
The phoneme inventory of Dusner consists of five vowels and 19 consonants (five of which are only attested in loanwords from Indonesian/Papuan Malay).
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !back |
| high
| {{IPA link|i}} | {{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| mid
| {{IPA link|e}} | {{IPA link|o}} |
| low
| | {{IPA link|a}} |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| colspan="2" |
! labial ! alveolar ! palatal ! velar ! glottal |
|---|
| colspan="2" | nasal
| {{IPA link|m}} | {{IPA link|n}} | ({{IPA link|ɲ}}) | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
| rowspan="2" | plosive/ affricate ! {{small|voiceless}} | {{IPA link|p}} | {{IPA link|t}} | ({{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}) | {{IPA link|k}} | |
| {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPA link|b}} | {{IPA link|d}} | ({{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}) | {{IPA link|g}} | |
| colspan="2" | fricative
| {{IPA link|β}} | {{IPA link|s}} | | | ({{IPA link|h}}) |
| colspan="2" | liquid
| | {{IPA link|r}} ({{IPA link|l}}) | | | |
| colspan="2" | glide
| {{IPA link|w}} | | {{IPA link|j}} | | |
(Phonemes in parentheses in the table are only attested in loanwords from Papuan Malay)
There is no tone in the language. The phonology of the language has a high number of complex syllable onsets, some of them contravening the Sonority Sequencing Principle.
Morphology
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References
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External links
- {{Cite web
| title = Multimodal language documentation for Dusner, an endangered language of Papua
| work = University of Oxford, Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics
| access-date = 2013-02-08
| url = http://dusner.clp.ox.ac.uk/
}}
{{Halmahera–Cenderawasih languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Category:Languages of Western New Guinea
Category:Papua (province) culture
Category:Endangered Austronesian languages
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