Nyindrou language

{{Short description|West Manus language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Nyindrou

|nativename =

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province

|speakers = 4,200

|date=1998

|ref=e18

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3 = Oceanic

|fam4 = Admiralty Islands

|fam5 = Eastern Admiralty Islands

|fam6 = Manus

|fam7 = West Manus

|iso3 = lid

|glotto=nyin1250

|glottorefname=Nyindrou

}}

The Nyindrou language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 4200 people in the westernmost part of Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lid Ethnologue report for Nyindrou] It has SVO word order.

Phonology

Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Consonant sounds ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" \| ! colspan="2" \| Bilabial ! rowspan="2" \| Alveolar ! rowspan="2" \|Palatal ! colspan="2" \| Velar ! rowspan="2" \| Glottal
plain	lab. !plain	lab.
colspan="2" \| Nasal \|{{IPA link\|m}} \|{{IPA link\|mʷ}} \|{{IPA link\|n}} \|{{IPA link\|ɲ}} \| \| \|
rowspan="2" \|Plosive !voiceless \|{{IPA link\|p}} \|{{IPA link\|pʷ}} \|{{IPA link\|t}} \| \|{{IPA link\|k}} \| \| rowspan="2" \|{{IPA link\|ʔ}}
voiced \|{{IPA link\|b}} \|{{IPA link\|bʷ}} \|{{IPA link\|d}} \| \|{{IPA link\|g}} \|{{IPA link\|ɡʷ}}
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \| \|{{IPA link\|s}} \| \| \| \|{{IPA link\|h}}
colspan="2" \|Affricate \| \| \|{{IPA link\|ⁿdɾ}} \|{{IPA link\|dʑ}} \| \| \|
rowspan="2" \|Liquid !rhotic \| \| \|{{IPA link\|ɾ}} \| \| \| \|
lateral \| \| \|{{IPA link\|l}} \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Semivowel \| \| \| \|{{IPA link\|j}} \| \|{{IPA link\|w}} \|

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

|+ Consonant sounds

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

! colspan="2" | Bilabial

! rowspan="2" | Alveolar

! rowspan="2" |Palatal

! colspan="2" | Velar

! rowspan="2" | Glottal

plain

lab.

!plain

lab.

colspan="2" | Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|mʷ}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

rowspan="2" |Plosive

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|pʷ}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

|{{IPA link|k}}

| rowspan="2" |{{IPA link|ʔ}}

voiced

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|bʷ}}

|{{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|g}}

|{{IPA link|ɡʷ}}

colspan="2" |Fricative

|{{IPA link|s}}

|{{IPA link|h}}

colspan="2" |Affricate

|{{IPA link|ⁿdɾ}}

|{{IPA link|dʑ}}

rowspan="2" |Liquid

!rhotic

|{{IPA link|ɾ}}

lateral

|{{IPA link|l}}

colspan="2" |Semivowel

|{{IPA link|j}}

|{{IPA link|w}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Vowel sounds ! ! Front ! Back
High \|{{IPA link\|i}} \|{{IPA link\|u}}
Mid \|{{IPA link\|e}} \|{{IPA link\|o}}
Low \| \|{{IPA link\|ɑ}}

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

|+ Vowel sounds

! Front

! Back

High

|{{IPA link|i}}

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

|{{IPA link|o}}

Low

|{{IPA link|ɑ}}

References

External links

Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou

Category:Manus languages

Category:Subject–verb–object languages

Category:Languages of Manus Province