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Nengone language

Nengone language

Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia

Nengone is a language of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.

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Phonology

The phonological inventory of consonants is atypically large for an Oceanic language. Many sounds which are allophones in other sub-families are distinct phonemes in the Nengone language:[2]

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Phonemes in parentheses only occur in words borrowed from other languages.[2]

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Bibliography

  • Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part I: Nengone-English. C-9, viii + 452 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1969. doi:10.15144/PL-C9
  • Tryon, D.T. and Dubois, M.J. Nengone dictionary. Part II: English-Nengone. C-23, iv + 205 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. doi:10.15144/PL-C23

References

  1. [1]
    Nengone at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Tryon, Darrell T. Nengone grammar. B-6, x + 101 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1967. doi:10.15144/PL-B6

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