Nagovisi language

{{Short description|South Bougainville language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nagovisi

|nativename=Sibe

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Bougainville Province

|speakers=12,000

|date=2018

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=South Bougainville

|fam2=Nasioiic

|iso3=nco

|glotto=sibe1248

|glottorefname=Sibe (Nasioi)

|script=Latin script

}}

Nagovisi, or Sibe, is a South Bougainville language spoken in the mountains of southern Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.

Morphology

Nagovisi makes use of noun class suffixes, which are:{{cite book |last1=Stebbins |first1=Tonya |last2=Evans |first2=Bethwyn |last3=Terrill |first3=Angela |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=775-894 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}

class="wikitable" ! Noun class suffix !! Noun class semantics !! Example (with demonstrative a-) !! Gloss of example
-bore	round things, including balls, coins, coconuts, fruit, betelnut, cooking pots, garamut drums	moo a-bore-ka'	‘that coconut’
-mai	dogs, cats, horses, knives, forks, spoons, axes and other tools	moska a-mai-ka'	‘that dog’
-möö	people, birds, fish, small animals, insects, reptiles	kokoree' a-möö-ka'	‘that chicken’
-visi	houses, buildings, canoes, ships, cars	pawa a-visi-ga'	‘that house’
-woro'	pigs, cows	pooro' a-woro-ka'	‘that pig’

External links

Paradisec has [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=rug Open Access collections] that include Nagovisi materials, including the Arthur Cappell collections ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1], [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]).

References

Category:Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Category:South Bougainville languages