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General Information[edit]
| Wuvulu-Aua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Wuvulu and Aua Islands, Manus Province |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wuv |
| Glottolog | wuvu1239 |
The Wuvulu-Aua language is one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Seimat and the extinct Kaniet. The language is spoken on Wuvulu and Aua Islands by approximately 1500 people in the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.[1] The Wuvulu-Aua language is in the family of Austronesian language family. After that, it belongs to Malayo-Polynesian which is one of the major Nuclear Austronesian. Next, according to its location, The Wuvulu-Aua is in the Eastern Malayo- Polynesian family. If we classify it more explicitly, it is the member of Oceanic Western Admiralty island language family. In fact, Wuvulu-Aua is made up of two language including Wuvulu and Aua.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Organized Phonology Data - Wuvula-Aua Language - Manus Province" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ Blust, Robert (1996). "The linguistic position of the Western Islands, Papua New Guinea". Oceanic Studies: proceedings of the First International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics: 1–46.
Further reading[edit]
- Blust, Robert. 2008. A reanalysis of Wuvulu Phonology. Oceanic Linguistics 47: 275-293.
External links[edit]
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written materials and audio recordings of Wuvulu
- Two additional Wuvulu texts are archived in Kaipuleohone (JH1-001, JH1-002)
Future Plan[edit]
For the language page, I will add some classification and history to the article. Also, on the linguistic concept page, I will put information about numeral system in Wuvulu-Aua language because there is no so much information about Wuvulu-Aua number on that page. Similar to other language, I will insert the vocabulary for each number and talk about basic operation such as plus and minus.
Category:Admiralty Islands languages Category:Languages of Manus Province
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