| Misima | |
|---|---|
| Misima-Panaeati | |
| Region | Milne Bay Province,Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2002)[1] 4,000 monolinguals |
Austronesian
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpx |
| Glottolog | misi1243 |
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Misima-Panaeati, also calledMisiman orpanapanaeati, is an indigenousAustronesian language spoken on the islands ofMisima,Panaeati, and the islands of the eastern half of theCalvados Chain ofPapua New Guinea.
Misima-Paneati has fivevowel phonemes.[2]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i/i/ | u/u/ |
| Mid | e/e/ | o/o/ |
| Low | a/a/~/ə/~/ʌ/ | |
Misima-Paneati has 17consonant phonemes.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Labialized | Plain | Labialized | Plain | |||||
| Stop | Voiceless | p/p/ | pw/pʷ/ | t/t/ | k/k/ | ||||
| Voiced | b/b/ | bw/bʷ/ | d/d/ | g/ɡ/ | gw/ɡʷ/ | ||||
| Nasal | m/m/ | mw/mʷ/ | n/n/~/ŋ/ | ||||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s/s/ | h/h/ | ||||||
| Voiced | v/β/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | y/j/~/ʝ/ | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l/l/ | ||||||||
In Misima-Paneati, the following syllable types commonly occur: V, CV, CVC, and VC.[3]
The open syllables V and CV are found in all positions of words, whereas the closed syllables CVC and VC are only found word finally and across morpheme boundaries, with the exception of the following five words:[3]
The only monomorphemicconsonant clusters that always occur across syllable boundaries are:[4]