| Unua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Malekula |
Native speakers | (750 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | onu |
| Glottolog | unua1237 |
| ELP | Unua |
 Unua is not endangered according to the classification system of theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Unua, orOnua, is anOceanic language spoken in south-eastMalekula,Vanuatu. It is said to be a dialect of the same language, Unua-Pangkumu, asRerep (Pangkumu).[2]
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.
| 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.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | (ʉ) | u |
| Mid | e (ø) | (ɵ) | o |
| Low | a |
Unua has SVO ordering.
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