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Misima language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Misima

|altname=Misima-Panaeati

|region=Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

|speakers=18,000

|speakers2=4,000 monolinguals

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Papuan Tip

|fam6=Peripheral

|fam7=Kilivila–Misima

|script=Latin

|iso3=mpx

|glotto=misi1243

|glottorefname=Misima-Paneati

|notice=IPA

}}

Misima-Panaeati, also called Misiman, is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken on the islands of Misima, Panaeati, and the islands of the eastern half of the Calvados Chain of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

= Vowels =

Misima-Paneati has five vowel phonemes.{{harvnb|Callister|1993|p=1}}

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!

! Front

! Back

High

| i {{IPAslink|i}}

| u {{IPAslink|u}}

Mid

| e {{IPAslink|e}}

| o {{IPAslink|o}}

Low

|colspan="2"| a {{IPAslink|a}}~{{IPAslink|ə}}~{{IPAslink|ʌ}}

= Consonants =

Misima-Paneati has 17 consonant phonemes.

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!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|

!colspan="2"| Bilabial

!rowspan="2"| Alveolar

!rowspan="2"| Palatal

!colspan="2"| Velar

!colspan="2"| Glottal

Plain

! Labialized

! Plain

! Labialized

! Plain

rowspan="2"| Stop

! Voiceless

| p {{IPAslink|p}}

| pw {{IPAslink|pʷ}}

| t {{IPAslink|t}}

|

| k {{IPAslink|k}}

|

|

Voiced

| b {{IPAslink|b}}

| bw {{IPAslink|bʷ}}

| d {{IPAslink|d}}

|

| g {{IPAslink|ɡ}}

| gw {{IPAslink|ɡʷ}}

|

colspan="2"| Nasal

| m {{IPAslink|m}}

| mw {{IPAslink|mʷ}}

| n {{IPAslink|n}}~{{IPAslink|ŋ}}

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|

|

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rowspan="2"| Fricative

! Voiceless

|

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| s {{IPAslink|s}}

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|

|

| h {{IPAslink|h}}

Voiced

| v {{IPAslink|β}}

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|

|

|

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colspan="2"| Approximant

|

|

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| y {{IPAslink|j}}~{{IPAslink|ʝ}}

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colspan="2"| Lateral approximant

|

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| l {{IPAslink|l}}

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= Syllables =

In Misima-Paneati, the following syllable types commonly occur: V, CV, CVC, and VC.{{harvnb|Callister|1993|p=17}}

The open syllables V and CV are found in all positions of words, whereas the closed syllables CVC and VC are only found word finally and across morpheme boundaries, with the exception of the following five words:

  • {{IPA|/ˈamna/}} – 'feelings'
  • {{IPA|/ˈkimpos/}} – 'centre pole'
  • {{IPA|/kinˈbʷai/}} – 'fingernail'
  • {{IPA|/sinˈɡili/}} – 'centre rib of coconut leaf'
  • {{IPA|/tabˈnaha/}} – 'sneeze'

The only monomorphemic consonant clusters that always occur across syllable boundaries are:{{harvnb|Callister|1993|p=18}}

  • {{IPA|/mn/}}
  • {{IPA|/mp/}}
  • {{IPA|/nb/}}
  • {{IPA|/nɡ/}}
  • {{IPA|/bn/}}

Notes

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • Materials on Misima are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1] and [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) and the Malcolm Ross collection ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/MR1 MR1]) held by Paradisec.

References

  • {{cite book |title=Baaba ana talisi ana buki |publisher= Summer Institute of Linguistics |location=Ukarumpa |first=Sandra |last=Callister |year=2005 |isbn=9980-0-3055-0}}
  • {{cite journal | title = Misiman phonology | last = Callister | first = William | year = 1993 | journal = Phonologies of Austronesian languages | volume = 2 | pages = 1–24 }}

{{Papuan Tip languages}}

{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

Category:Subject–object–verb languages

Category:Papuan Tip languages

Category:Languages of Milne Bay Province