| Nii | |
|---|---|
| Ek Nii | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Highlands Province |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1991) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nii |
| Glottolog |
niii1240 |
Nii is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Nii has an unusual number of lateral consonants: a typical dental approximant, /l̪/, plus both dental and velar lateral fricatives, /ɬ̪/ and /𝼄/, which are optionally voiced between vowels and do not occur in initial position. [2]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Near-High | ɪ | ||
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | ɑ |
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | ( t̪) [a] | ( t) [b] | k | |
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdz | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | s̪ | |||||
| Trill | r̝ | |||||
| Lateral | ɬ̪ | l | ʟ̝̊ | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
References
- ^ Nii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Foley, 1986:63, The Papuan languages of New Guinea
Further reading
- Stucky, Al (1994).
"Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
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| Nii | |
|---|---|
| Ek Nii | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Highlands Province |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1991) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nii |
| Glottolog |
niii1240 |
Nii is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Nii has an unusual number of lateral consonants: a typical dental approximant, /l̪/, plus both dental and velar lateral fricatives, /ɬ̪/ and /𝼄/, which are optionally voiced between vowels and do not occur in initial position. [2]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Near-High | ɪ | ||
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | ɑ |
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | ( t̪) [a] | ( t) [b] | k | |
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdz | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | s̪ | |||||
| Trill | r̝ | |||||
| Lateral | ɬ̪ | l | ʟ̝̊ | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
References
- ^ Nii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Foley, 1986:63, The Papuan languages of New Guinea
Further reading
- Stucky, Al (1994).
"Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help)
|
| This Papua New Guinea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |