Nanggu language
{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in Solomon Islands}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Engdewu
|altname=Nanggu
|states=Solomon Islands
|region=Nendo Island
|coordinates = {{coord|10|44|S|165|53|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}
|speakers=210
|date=1999
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Temotu ?
|fam5=Reefs – Santa Cruz
|iso3=ngr
|glotto=nang1262
|glottorefname=Nanggu
}}
Engdewu, also known as Nanggu or Nagu, is one of two Reefs – Santa Cruz languages spoken on Nendö Island (the other is Santa Cruz).
Names
The language used to be known by outsiders as Nanggu ({{IPA|ngr|naᵑɡu}}), from the name of one of the villages where it is still spoken. This name is also spelled Nangu or Nagu.
The local population prefers to name the language Engdewu, after the name of the ancient village where it was initially spoken.{{cite web |url=http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-141.pdf |title=Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code |date=2011-08-29 |publisher=SIL}}{{sfn|Boerger|Næss|Vaa|Emerine|2012|p=130}} This name has now been adopted by linguists.
Grammar
A description of the language was produced in 2013 by linguist Anders Vaa.{{sfn|Vaa|2013}}
Phonology
=Consonants=
Nanggu has 14 phonemic consonants.{{sfn|Vaa|2013|p=70}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=2| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Alveolo- | |
| rowspan=2|Plosive | Voiceless
| {{IPA link|p}} || {{IPA link|t}} || || || {{IPA link|k}} |
|---|---|
| Voiced
| {{IPA link|b}} || {{IPA link|d}} || || || {{IPA link|g}} | |
| colspan=2|Fricative
| {{IPA link|β}} || || {{IPA link|s}} || | |
| colspan=2|Nasal
| {{IPA link|m}} || {{IPA link|n}} || || || {{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
| colspan=2|Approximant
| {{IPA link|w}} || {{IPA link|l}} || || {{IPA link|j}} || |
Vaa (2013) consistently uses {{IPAslink|s}} and {{IPAblink|s}}, which he describes as "lamino-palatoalveolar."{{sfn|Vaa|2013|p=82}}
=Vowels=
Notes
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References
- {{Cite journal |last1=Boerger |first1=Brenda H. |last2=Næss |first2=Åshild |last3=Vaa |first3=Anders |last4=Emerine |first4=Rachel |last5=Hoover |first5=Angela |display-authors=4 |date=2012 |title=Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality: a 40 year retrospective |journal=International Journal of the Sociology of Language |volume=2012 |issue=214 |pages=111–152 |doi=10.1515/ijsl-2012-0023 |s2cid=147510619 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/155056/1/ZORA_NL_155056.pdf }}
- {{Cite thesis |last=Vaa |first=Anders |title=A Grammar of Engdewu. An Oceanic Language of the Solomon Islands |date=2013 |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Oslo |url=https://www.academia.edu/15317719 }}
External links
- Materials on Nanggu are included in the open access Arthur Capell ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) and Stephen Wurm ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/SAW2 SAW2]) collections held by Paradisec
{{Languages of the Solomon Islands}}
{{Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
Category:Languages of the Solomon Islands
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