Halia language
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Language
For the characters named Halia in Greek mythology, see Halie. For Thucydides' ancient Greek town of Halia, see Halieis.
Halia | |
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Selau | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Buka Island, Selau Peninsula |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2005)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hla |
Glottolog | hali1244 |
Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]The phonology of the Halia language:[2]
Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | g | ||||
Affricate | ts ~ tʃ | |||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
ɪ | ʊ | ||
Mid | (e) | o | |
ɛ | ɔ | ||
Low | a |
Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.
[e] exists, but not as a monophthong.
Allophones
[edit]Phoneme | Allophones |
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/b/ | [β] |
/ɡ/ | [ɣ], [χ] |
/ts/ | [tʃ] |
/r/ | [ɾ] |
/a/ | [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ] |
/ʊ/ | [ɨ] |
/ei/ | [e], [ɛi], [ɛ] |
Literature
[edit]In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Halia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521416917.
External links
[edit]- Written materials on Halia are available at Kaipuleohone under 'Selau'
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