Tainae language
Angan language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Tainae | |
|---|---|
| Ivori | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gulf Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ago |
| Glottolog | tain1253 |
Tainae is an Angan language of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Famba (7°30′23″S 145°48′41″E / 7.506365°S 145.811363°E / -7.506365; 145.811363 (Famba), Paiguna, and Pio (7°30′15″S 145°47′45″E / 7.504143°S 145.795808°E / -7.504143; 145.795808 (Pio)) of Kotidanga Rural LLG are the main villages.[1][2]
A grammatical sketch of Tainae was written by Carlson (1991).[3]
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t d | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | f | s | h | |
| Nasal | m | n |
- Unvoiced consonants are voiced intervocalically or when adjacent to a voiced consonant.
- /d/ is unvoiced [t] when following another consonant.
- /k/ is palatalized [kʲ] after /i/, and labialized [kʷ] adjacent to /u/.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ai/, /ae/, /ao/, /au/, /oi/.
Stress is usually penultimate, unless that syllable contains /ɨ/, in which case stress moves leftwards to the first syllable that does not contain /ɨ/.[4]
References
- ^ a b Tainae at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ Carlson, Terry. 1991. Tainae grammar essentials. Manuscript. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG.
- ^ a b c Carlson, Terry (1993). Tainae Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.
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