Pingelapese language
Pingelapese is a Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll.
It is a language featuring both reduplication and triplication.
Phonology
Historical sound changes
Pingelapese reflexes of Proto Oceanic consonants[3]
| Proto Oceanic |
*mp | *mp,ŋp | *p | *m | *m,ŋm | *k | *ŋk | *ŋ | *y | *w | *t | | *s,nj | *ns,j | *j | *nt,nd | *d,R | *l | *n | *ɲ |
| Proto Micronesian |
*p | *pʷ | *f | *m | *mʷ | *k | *x | *ŋ | *y | *w | *t | *T | *s | *S | *Z | *c | *r | *l | *n | *ɲ |
| Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic |
*p | *pʷ | *f | *m | *mʷ | *k | *r,∅ | *ŋ | *y | *w | *t | *j | *t | *t | ∅ | * ̻t | *r | *l | *n | *ɲ |
| Proto Pohnpeic |
*p | *pʷ | *p, ∅ | *m | *mʷ | *k | *r,∅ | *ŋ | *y | *w | *j,∅ | *j | *t | *t | ∅ | * ̻t | *r | *l | *n | *∅,n |
| Pingelapese |
*p | *pʷ | *p, ∅ | *m | *mʷ | *k | *r,∅ | *ŋ | *∅,y | *w | *s,∅{_i,u,e} | *s | *t | *t | ∅ | *s | *r | *l | *n | *∅,n{V+hi_} |
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