Tigak language
{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{distinguish|Omo languages}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tigak
|region=New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
|speakers=6,000
|date=1991
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Western
|fam5=Meso-Melanesian
|fam6=(New Ireland)
|fam7=Tungag–Nalik
|script=Latin
|iso3=tgc
|glotto=tiga1245
|glottorefname=Tigak
}}
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Tigak (or Omo) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 6,000 people (in 1991){{cite book |editor=Gordon, Raymond G. Jr. |year=2005 |chapter=[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgc Tigak] |title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=fifteenth |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL}} in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Tigak language area includes the provincial capital, Kavieng.
Phonology
Phoneme inventory of the Tigak language:
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|+ Consonant sounds ! colspan="2" | ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Velar |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|k}} |
| voiced
|{{IPA link|b}} | |{{IPA link|g}} |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Fricative
!voiceless |{{IPA link|β}} |{{IPA link|s}} | |
| lateral
| |{{IPA link|ɮ}} | |
{{IPA|/r/}} can also be realized as {{IPAblink|ɾ}} allophonically. Both {{IPA|/k, ɡ/}} are back-released as {{IPA|[k̠, ɡ̠]}}.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowel sounds ! !Back |
| High
|{{IPA link|i}} | |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPA link|e}} | |{{IPA link|ɔ}} |
| Low
| |{{IPA link|a}} | |
| class="wikitable"
!Phoneme !Allophones |
| {{IPA|/i/}}
|{{IPAblink|i}}, {{IPAblink|ɪ}}, {{IPAblink|y}} |
| {{IPA|/e/}}
|{{IPAblink|e}}, {{IPAblink|ɛ}} |
| {{IPA|/a/}}
|{{IPAblink|ʌ}}, {{IPAblink|a}} |
Two vowels {{IPA|/i u/}} in word-initial form can also be released as consonantal allophones {{IPA|[w j]}}.{{Cite book|title=The Tigak Language of New Ireland|last=Beaumont|first=Clive H.|year=1974|location=Australian National University}}
External links
- Paradisec includes [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=tgc a number of collections with Tigak language materials].
References
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{{Meso-Melanesian languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
Category:Meso-Melanesian languages
Category:Languages of New Ireland Province
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