The Doga language is an Austronesian language spoken by about 200 people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
| Doga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel |
Native speakers | 200 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dgg |
| Glottolog | doga1238 |
| ELP | Doga |
 Doga is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Vocabulary
editporo 'pig'
dara-daragi- 'blood'
babine 'woman'
ubi 'long yam'
bata 'four'
biamo 'how many'
asu 'smoke'
iai 'who?'
-ta 'we (incl.)'
-si 'they'
ae- 'leg'
yamogiri 'mosquito'
tamo-na 'one'[2]
References
edit- ^ Doga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ross, M.D. Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. C-98. Pacific Linguistics, 1988
Further reading
edit- Landweer, M. Lynn. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Anuki Language, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea." 2001
- Landweer, Martha Lynn. 2006. A Melanesian perspective on mechanisms of language maintenance and shift: case studies from Papua New Guinea. Ph.D., University of Essex. 2 vols.
External links
edit- Open-access materials on Doga are available through Paradisec, including the Arthur Capell collection (AC2) and the Tom Dutton collection (TD1)
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