lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageUnua, or Onua, is an Oceanic language spoken in south-east Malekula, Vanuatu. It is said to be a dialect of the same language, Unua-Pangkumu, as Rerep (Pangkumu).[2]
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
| Unua |
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| Native to | Vanuatu |
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| Region | Malekula |
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Native speakers | 750 (1999)[1] |
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Language family | |
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| ISO 639-3 | onu |
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| Glottolog | unua1237 |
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| ELP | Unua |
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Phonology
The following table lists the contrastive consonant sounds of Unua. There are 16 consonant phonemes for younger Unua speakers and an additional three contrastive velarized labial consonants for older speakers, shown below in parentheses.
Consonants
|
Bilabial |
Coronal |
Dorsal |
| plain |
labial |
| Nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
| Plosive |
voiceless |
p |
(pʷ) |
t |
k |
| prenasal |
ᵐb |
(ᵐbʷ) |
ⁿd |
ᵑɡ |
| Affricate |
|
|
t͡ʃ |
|
| Fricative |
β |
(βʷ) |
s |
ɣ |
| Rhotic/Trill |
ᵐʙ |
|
ɾ, r |
|
| Approximant |
|
|
l |
|
The following table lists the contrastive vowel sounds of Unua. Younger speakers have five vowel phonemes and older speakers have an additional three, shown in parentheses.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back |
| High |
i |
(ʉ) |
u |
| Mid |
e (ø) |
(ɵ) |
o |
| Low |
|
a |
|
Grammar
Unua has SVO ordering.
References
- Unua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Pearce, Elizabeth (2015). A Grammar of Unua. Boston/Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 978-1-61451-765-8.
Languages of Vanuatu |
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| Official languages | |
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Indigenous
languages
(Southern
Oceanic
and Polynesian) | North
Vanuatu | | Torres–Banks | |
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| Penama | |
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| Espiritu Santo | |
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Central
Vanuatu |
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| South Vanuatu | |
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| Polynesian | |
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Southern Oceanic |
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North
Vanuatu | | Torres–Banks | |
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Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost | |
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| South Pentecost | |
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| Espiritu Santo | |
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|
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Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic | | Central Vanuatu | |
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| South Vanuatu | |
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Loyalties–
New Caledonia | | Loyalty Islands | |
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| New Caledonian | |
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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Austronesian languages |
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Formosan languages |
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| Rukaic | |
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| Tsouic | |
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| Northern | | Atayalic | |
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Northwest
Formosan | |
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| East | |
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| Southern ? | |
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Malayo–Polynesian |
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Western branches of Malayo–Polynesian |
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Philippine
(linkage) ? | | Batanic | |
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| Northern Luzon | | | Cagayan Valley | |
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| Northeastern Luzon | |
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| Meso-Cordilleran | |
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| Central Luzon | |
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| Northern Mindoro | |
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Greater Central
Philippine * | | Southern Mindoro | |
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| Central Philippine | | | Bisayan | | West | |
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| Asi | |
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| Central | |
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| Cebuan | |
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| South | |
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| Bikol | |
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| Mansakan | |
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| Palawan | |
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| Mindanao | |
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Gorontalo–
Mongondow | |
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| Kalamian | |
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| Bilic | |
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| Sangiric | |
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| Minahasan | |
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| Manide–Inagta * | |
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| Greater Barito * | |
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Greater
North Borneo * | | North Borneo * | | Northeast Sabah * | |
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| Southwest Sabah * | Greater
Dusunic * | | Bisaya–Lotud | |
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| Dusunic | |
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| Paitanic | |
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Greater
Murutic * | |
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| North Sarawak * | |
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| Central Sarawak | |
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| Kayanic | |
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| Land Dayak | |
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| Malayo–Chamic * | |
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| Sundanese | |
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| Rejang ? | |
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| Moklenic ? | |
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| Sumatran * | Northwest Sumatra
–Barrier Islands | |
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| Lampungic | |
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| Javanese | |
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| Madurese | |
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Bali–Sasak
–Sumbawa | |
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| Celebic | | Bungku–Tolaki | |
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| Muna–Buton | |
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| Saluan–Banggai | |
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| Tomini–Tolitoli | |
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| Kaili–Wolio * | |
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| South Sulawesi | | Bugis | |
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| Makassaric | |
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| Seko | |
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| Northern | |
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| Isolates | |
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| Central Malayo-Polynesian languages |
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| Bima | |
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| Sumba–Flores | |
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| Flores–Lembata | |
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| Selaru | |
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| Kei–Tanimbar ? | |
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| Aru | |
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| Timoric * | | | Central Timor * | |
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| Wetar–Galoli ? | |
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| Kawaimina | |
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| Luangic–Kisaric ? | |
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| Rote–Meto * | |
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| Babar | |
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| Southwest Maluku | |
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| Kowiai ? | |
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| Central Maluku * | |
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| Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages |
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| SHWNG | | | Halmahera Sea | | Ambel–Biga | |
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| Maya–Matbat | |
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| Maden | |
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| As | |
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| South Halmahera | |
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| Cenderawasih | |
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| Oceanic | | Admiralty | |
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| Saint Matthias | |
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| Temotu | | Utupua | |
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| Vanikoro | |
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| Reefs–Santa Cruz | |
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Southeast
Solomonic | | Gela–Guadalcanal | |
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Malaita–
San Cristobal | |
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Western
Oceanic | Meso–
Melanesian | | Willaumez | |
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| Bali-Vitu | |
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New Ireland–
Northwest
Solomonic | | Tungag–Nalik | |
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| Tabar | |
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| Madak | |
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| St. George | |
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Northwest
Solomonic | |
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North
New Guinea | Sarmi–
Jayapura ? | |
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| Schouten | |
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| Huon Gulf | |
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| Ngero–Vitiaz | |
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| Papuan Tip | | Nuclear | |
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| Kilivila–Misima | |
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| Nimoa–Sudest | |
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Southern
Oceanic | North
Vanuatu | | Torres–Banks | |
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Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost | |
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| South Pentecost | |
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| Espiritu Santo | |
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Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic | | Central Vanuatu | |
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| South Vanuatu | |
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Loyalties–
New Caledonia | | Loyalty Islands | |
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| New Caledonian | |
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| Micronesian | |
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Central
Pacific | |
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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На других языках
- [en] Unua language
[fr] Unua
L’unua (ou onua) est une langue océanienne parlée au Vanuatu par environ 520 locuteurs[1] dans l’est de l’île Malekula. Il possède un dialecte dit Bush Unua, parlé par 50 locuteurs.
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