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Ninde, or Labo (also Nide, Meaun, Mewun) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 1,100 people in the Southwest Bay area of Malekula island, in Vanuatu.

Ninde
RegionMalekula, Vanuatu
Native speakers
1,100 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • Central Vanuatu
          • Malakula
            • Western
              • Ninde
Writing system
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwi
Glottologlabo1244
ELPNinde
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One unusual feature is that it has both a voiced and a voiceless bilabial trill.[2]



In an episode of the British television programme An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington meets the chief of a local tribe, who comments upon the Ninde language. He explains that “all the words of Ninde begin with /n/”, such as the word nimdimdip for palm tree, naho for fruit, or nuhuli for leaf. They then visit the grave of a woman who was named Nicola.

However, this general statement is actually not true. The only words of Ninde that start with /n/ are the inanimate common nouns of the language; the /n/ reflects an old nominal article which has been fused to the radical of these common nouns. As for the name Nicola, which is a borrowed European name, it cannot be taken as representative of the Ninde language.




Notes


  1. Lynch & Crowley (2001).
  2. LINGUIST List 8.45: Bilabial trill. Linguistlist.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-08.

References




На других языках


- [en] Ninde language

[fr] Labo (langue)

Le labo (ou meaun, mewun, nide ou ninde) est une langue océanienne parlée au Vanuatu par 1 100 locuteurs dans le sud-ouest de l’île Malekula[1].

[ru] Нинде (язык)

Нинде, или лабо (Labo, Meaun, Mewun, Nide, Ninde) — океанийский язык, на котором говорят на территории юго-западного берега острова Малекула в Вануату.



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