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Mapos Buang, also known as Mapos or Central Buang, is an Oceanic language in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Mapos
Central Buang
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
10,500 (2000)[1]
30% monolingual (2000?)[2]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Western Oceanic
        • North New Guinea ?
          • Ngero–Vitiaz ?
            • Huon Gulf
              • South Huon Gulf
                • Hote–Buang
                  • Buang
                    • Mapos
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzh
Glottologmapo1242

Phonology


Mapos Buang has a larger sound inventory than is typical of most Austronesian languages.[citation needed] Notable is the existence of a phonemic contrast between a velar nasal and a uvular nasal, which is extremely rare among the world's languages. Along with this, its phonology is unusually symmetrical compared to most other languages.


Vowels


Front Central Back
High i(ː) u(ː)
Mid e(ː) (ə)* o(ː)
Low ɛ(ː) a(ː) ɔ(ː)

* [ə] is a prominent feature of Buang phonology, but is not contrastive.


Consonants


Bilabial Coronal Post-alv./
Palatal		 Velar Labio-
velar		 Uvular
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ ɴ
(prenasalized)
Occlusive		 ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷ ᶰɢ
p t tʃ k kʷ q
Continuant β l̪ j ɣ w* ʁ
Liquid l~ɽ

*/w/ is a bilabial approximant or semivowel with no co-articulated velar component. It is placed in the labio-velar series of the chart as it fills a gap in this position. /β/ is a voiced bilabial fricative.


References


  1. Mapos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Mapos Buang language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)



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Le buang mapos (ou mapos) est une langue austronésienne parlée dans le Nord-Ouest de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, dans la province de Morobe. La langue, qui est un des membres de la chaîne dialectale buang[réf. souhaitée], appartient à la branche malayo-polynésienne des langues austronésiennes.


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