Ghari language
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Ghari | |
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Gari | |
Region | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gri |
Glottolog | ghar1239 |
Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.
The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.
Phonology
The following is the Qae dialect:[2][3]
Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩ Stop/
Affricatevoiceless p t tʃ[a] ⟨j⟩ k prenasal ᵐb ⟨b⟩ ⁿd ⟨d⟩ ᶮdʒ[b] ⟨z⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩ Fricative β ⟨v⟩ s ɣ ⟨h⟩ (h)[c] Lateral l Rhotic r
[a]/ⁿt͡s/ in other dialects
[b]/ⁿd͡z/ in other dialects
[c][h] can be heard as a variation of /ɣ/ across dialects.
Where it differs from the IPA, the orthography is written in angular brackets (<>).
Vowels
References
- Notes
- ^ Ghari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Todd, Evelyn M. (1980). Qae (Solomon Islands) and its linguistic context. In Paz B. Naylor (ed.), Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan. pp. 227–240.
- ^ A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands
- Sources
- Ivens, W. G. (1934). "A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London. 7 (2): 349–375. doi:10.1017/s0041977x0008527x.
External links
- Na Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabu online text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana
- Paradisec open access vocabulary list of the Vaturanga dialect
- Paradisec open access Swadesh list of Vaturanga
- Paradisec open access full text of A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands
- Paradisec open access map of languages of Guadalcanal
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