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Maskelynes (/ˈmæskəlɪns/), or Kuliviu (Uliveo), is an Oceanic language spoken on the Maskelyne Islands off south Malekula, Vanuatu.

Maskelynes
Kuliviu, Uliveo
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalekula
Native speakers
1,100 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • Central Vanuatu
          • Malakula
            • Eastern
              • Maskelynes
Language codes
ISO 639-3klv
Glottologmask1242

Phonology



Consonants


Labial Coronal Dorsal
plain labiovelarized
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive unvoiced p k
voiced ᵐb ᵐbʷ ⁿd̪ ᵑg
Fricative β βʷ s x~ɣ~ʀ
Approximant w l j
Rhotic r~ɾ

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i u ()
Mid ɛ ə o
Open ɑ

Voiceless vowel

A voiceless [u̥] occurs at the ends of words. It is uncertain if it is an allophone of /u/ or a separate phoneme[10]


Phonotactics


Possible syllable structures in Maskelynes: (C/S)V(S)(C)[11]


Letter-to-phoneme correspondence


Maskelynes alphabet
Letter a b d e ǝ g h i k l m n ŋ o p r s t u w v w/u y/i
IPA ɑ ᵐb ᵐbʷ ⁿd̪ ɛ ə ᵑg x i k l m n ŋ o p r s u β βʷ w j

Grammar



Verbs


The verbs of Maskelynes are agglutinative, mostly being modified by prefixes, though the stem of a verb can stand on its own. These prefixes encode for, in order of appearance in verb: 1. tense-aspect-modes; 2. subject, person and number; 3. various modes, including realis and irrealis; 4. two tense-modes; 5. reduplication. The object of a sentence is encoded by a suffix.[12]

Examples of verbal agglutination:[13]

sa-g-e-mun-i

PROH-2SG.SUBJ-IRR-drink-3SG.OBJ

sa-g-e-mun-i

PROH-2SG.SUBJ-IRR-drink-3SG.OBJ

Don't you drink it.

go-to-madha-mun-mun-i

2SG.SUBJ-REL-IMM.PST-ITER~drink-3SG.OBJ

go-to-madha-mun-mun-i

2SG.SUBJ-REL-IMM.PST-ITER~drink-3SG.OBJ

You who just now kept drinking it


Reduplication

Reduplication in Maskelynes has various usages, and can encode for e.g. plurality, habituality, iterative aspect, etc.[14]




References


  1. Maskelynes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Healey 2013, pp. 14–15.
  3. Healey 2013, p. 15.
  4. Healey 2013, p. 13.
  5. Healey 2013, p. 19.
  6. Healey 2013, p. 17.
  7. Healey 2013, pp. 18–19.
  8. Healey 2013, p. 20.
  9. Healey 2013, p. 21.
  10. Healey 2013, pp. 24–25.
  11. Healey 2013, p. 25.
  12. Healey 2013, Section 8.1: Verb morphology.
  13. Healey 2013, p. 181.
  14. Healey 2013, section 8.5: Reduplication.

Bibliography




На других языках


- [en] Maskelynes language

[fr] Maskelynes

Le maskelynes, ou kuliviu, est une langue océanienne parlée par 1 100 locuteurs[2] au sud de Malekula, dans les îlots Maskelyne.



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