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Naasioi language

{{Short description|Language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Naasioi

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Kieta District, Bougainville Province

|speakers=20,000

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=South Bougainville

|fam2=Nasioiic

|fam3=Nasioi

|fam4=South–Central Nasioi

|fam5=Central Nasioi

|iso3=nas

|glotto=naas1242

|glottorefname=Naasioi

|script=Latin script
Otomaung script

|notice=IPA

}}

Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge) is an East Papuan language spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of Kieta District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

=Vowels=

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!

! Front

! Back

High

| {{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}

| {{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}

Mid

| {{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}

| {{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}

Low

|colspan="2"| {{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}

=Consonants=

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!colspan="2"|

! Bilabial

! Coronal

! Velar

! Glottal

rowspan="2"| Stop

! voiceless

| {{IPA link|p}}

| {{IPA link|t}}

| {{IPA link|k}}

| {{IPA link|ʔ}}

voiced

| {{IPA link|b}}

| {{IPA link|d}}

|

|

colspan="2"| Nasal

| {{IPA link|m}}

| {{IPA link|n}}

| ({{IPA link|ŋ}})

|

Nasals can be syllabic.

References

{{reflist}}

  • {{cite book |last=Hurd |first=Conrad |author2=Hurd, Phyllis W. |title=Nasioi language course |url=https://archive.org/details/nasioilanguageco0000hurd |url-access=registration |year=1966 |publisher=Department of Information and Extension Services |location=Port Moresby}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Hurd |first=Conrad |author2=Hurd, Phyllis W. |year=1970 |title=Nasioi verbs |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=9 |pages=37–78 |doi=10.2307/3622931 |issue=1 |publisher=Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 1 |jstor=3622931}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Hurd |first=Conrad |year=1977 |title=Nasioi projectives |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=16 |pages=111–178 |doi=10.2307/3622956 |issue=2 |publisher=Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 16, No. 2 |jstor=3622956}}

{{South Bougainville languages}}

Category:Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Category:South Bougainville languages

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