Naasioi language

Naasioi
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Kieta District, Bougainville Province
Native speakers
20,000 (2007)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nas
Glottolog naas1242[2]

Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge) is an East Papuan language spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of Kieta District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː

Consonants

Bilabial Coronal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d
Nasal m n ŋ

Nasals can be syllabic.

References

  1. Naasioi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Naasioi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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