| Lungalunga | |
|---|---|
| Minigir | |
| Vinitiri | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gazelle Peninsula,East New Britain Province |
| Ethnicity | 6,000 (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2012)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vmg |
| Glottolog | mini1251 |
Lungalunga (Lunga Lunga), frequently though ambiguously calledMinigir, is spoken by a small number of theTolai people ofPapua New Guinea, who live on theGazelle Peninsula inEast New Britain Province. It is often referred to in thelinguistics literature as the Tolai "dialect" with an/s/.
Lungalunga belongs to theOceanic branch of theAustronesianlanguage family. The most immediate subgroup is thePatpatar–Tolai group of languages which also includesKuanua (also spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula) andPatpatar (spoken onNew Ireland).
A "Tolai-Nakanai trade language" reported in the literature was apparently not a pidgin as assumed, but Minigir (Lungalunga) with perhaps someMeramera orNakanai mixed in.[2]
Lungalunga is spoken onAtaliklikun Bay, in the villages of Lungalunga, Kabaira and Vunamarita, located on the Gazelle Peninsula in the East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.
Lungalunga pronouns have fournumber distinctions (singular, dual, trial and plural) and threeperson distinctions (first, second and third) as well as aninclusive and exclusive distinction. There are nogender distinctions.
| Singular | Dual | Trial | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st exclusive | iau (I) | iamiru (he/she and I) | iamitalu (both of them, and I) | iamamami (all of them, and I) |
| 1st inclusive | - | iadori (thou and I) | iadatalu (both of you, and I) | iada (all of you, and I) |
| 2nd | iavau (thou) | iamuru (you two) | iamutalu (you three) | iamui (you guys) |
| 3rd | ia (he/she) | idiru (they two) | iditalu (they three) | idi (they) |
The usual word order of Lungalunga issubject–verb–object (SVO).
