Sungwadaga language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Sungwadaga
|altname=Central Maewo, Peterara
|region=Maewo
|state=Vanuatu
|ethnicity=
|speakers=1,400
|date=2001
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu
|fam6=North Vanuatu
|dia1=Lotora
|dia2=Tanoriki
|dia3=Peterara
|dia4=? Arata
|dia5=? Bangoro
|iso3=mwo
|glotto=cent2058
|glottorefname=Central Maewo
|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Sungwadaga is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Sungwadaga or Central Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Names
Alternate names for Sungwadaga include Central Maewo, Maevo and Tanoriki.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Central Maewo |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/cent2058 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=glottolog.org}}
Phonology
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | |
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
| | |{{IPA link|t}} | |
|---|
| prenasal
|{{IPA link|ᵑɡʷ}} |{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|ŋʷ}} |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPA link|xʷ}} |{{IPA link|f}} |{{IPA link|s}} |{{IPA link|x}} |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| | |{{IPA link|r}} | |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| | |{{IPA link|l}} | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | | | |
= Vowels =
References
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External links
- Materials on Karnai 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]) held by Paradisec
- [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/PAMBU Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU)] are also available from Paradisec
- [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Melanesia/maewo_hc.html Na Ganigogona: A Liturgy for Melanesia in Maewo] (c. 1975)
{{Languages of Vanuatu}}
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
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