Terei language
{{Short description|Papuan language of eastern New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Terei
|nativename=Buin
|region=Bougainville
|speakers={{sigfig|26500|2}}
|date=2003
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=South Bougainville
|fam2=Buinic
|fam3=Buin
|iso3=buo
|glotto=tere1278
|glottorefname=Terei
}}
Terei or Buin, also known as Telei, Rugara, is the most populous Papuan language spoken to the east of New Guinea. There are about 27,000 speakers in the Buin District of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
The phonology of the Buin language:Laycock, (2003). Pacific Linguistics.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonant sounds ! ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Velar |
| Plosive
|p |t |k g |
|---|
| Nasal
| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |m | width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |n |ŋ |
| Liquid
| |ɾ (l) | |
The /ɡ/ sound does not occur word-initially and is often fricativised as [ɣ]. The phoneme /ɾ/ following an /n/ is pronounced as [d], and also occurs as [l] for an allophonic variant. When a /t/ sound occurs before an /i/, it is always pronounced as [tsi], and when occurring before a /u/ or /a/, it may be realized as [tsu] or [tsa] depending on the dialect.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowel sounds ! !Back |
| High
| align="center" |{{IPA link|i}}|| align="center" |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
| align="center" |{{IPA link|e}}|| align="center" |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Low
| colspan="2" |{{IPA link|a}} |
References
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External links
- Paradisec has [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=buo a number of collections with materials for Terei language] two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1], [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]).
{{South Bougainville languages}}
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Category:Languages of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Category:South Bougainville languages
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