Kwamera language

{{Infobox language

|name=Kwamera

|altname=South Tanna

|nativename=Nafe, Nɨfe

|states=Vanuatu

|region=Tanna Island

|speakers=3,500

|date=2001

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southern Oceanic

|fam5=South Vanuatu

|fam6=Tanna

|iso3=tnk

|glotto=kwam1252

|glottorefname=Kwamera

|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg

|mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Kwamera is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}}}

Kwamera, or South Tanna [ntk], the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is a language spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. The [http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary], hosted at Swarthmore College, includes 3,233 entries, 3,212 audio files, 1,236 images, and video clips. The Kwamera language is rich in environmental vocabulary, songs, chants, and traditional stories that describe the creation of humans, nature, and the world of spirits.

Writing system

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Kwamera alphabet{{sfn\|Lindstrom\|1986\|p=vi}}
Majuscules \| A \|\| E \|\| F \|\| Fw \|\| G \| H \|\| I \|\| Ɨ \|\| K \|\| Kw \| M \|\| Mw \|\| N \|\| O \|\| P \| Pw \|\| R \|\| S \|\| T \|\| U \| V
Minuscules \| a \|\| e \|\| f \|\| fw \|\| g \| h \|\| i \|\| ɨ \|\| k \|\| kw \| m \|\| mw \|\| n \|\| o \|\| p \| pw \|\| r \|\| s \|\| t \|\| u \| v

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Kwamera alphabet{{sfn|Lindstrom|1986|p=vi}}

Majuscules

| A || E || F || Fw || G

| H || I || Ɨ || K || Kw

| M || Mw || N || O || P

| Pw || R || S || T || U

| V

Minuscules

| a || e || f || fw || g

| h || i || ɨ || k || kw

| m || mw || n || o || p

| pw || r || s || t || u

| v

References

Balick MJ, Ramík DM, Ramík N, Nemisa Kumas IK, Plunkett GM, Kelso N, Dovo P, Harrison KD. (2024) “The children of the Sun and Moon are the gardens”—How people, plants, and a living Sun shape life on Tanna, Vanuatu. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0313997. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313997
{{cite book |last1=Lindstrom |first1=Lamont |title=Kwamera Dictionary |date=1986 |publisher=Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |isbn=978-0-85883-340-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWEOAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}
K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe, 2015-2020. [http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary.] Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera

Category:Languages of Vanuatu

Category:South Vanuatu languages