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| Pingelapese | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Micronesia |
| Region | Pingelap |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pif |
| Glottolog | ping1243 |
Pingelapese is a Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll.
It is a language featuring both reduplication and triplication.
Phonology
editHistorical sound changes
edit| 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_} |
References
edit- ^ Pingelapese at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
- ^ Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42: 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449.