Nukuria language
| Nuguria | |
|---|---|
| Nukuria | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Nuguria |
Native speakers | 550 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nur |
| Glottolog | nuku1259 |
Nuguria, or Nukuria, is a Polynesian Outlier language spoken by approximately 550 people on Nuguria, in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea.[2]
Classification
Nukuria is a Polynesian language, part of the Austronesian language family.[3]
The Nukuria language is closely related to other nearby languages such as Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuoro, and Luangiua.[4][5]
Status
The language was taught in primary schools on Nuguria and was used for daily communications between adults and children.[6]
Research on the language (as well as the location it is spoken) is scarce. Past research stated Nuguria was at risk of endangerment; at that point it was still being passed to children. However, recent research indicates that Nukuria is now most likely an extinct language.[7]
Phonology
The Nukuria language's alphabet contains five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, and fifteen consonants: /p/, /b/, /m/, /f/, /v/, /t/, /s/, /n/, /l/, /r/, /k/, /g/, /ŋ/, /w/, /h/.[8]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | g | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | |
| voiced | v | ||||
| Approximant | l | w | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
Grammar
There is a distinct scarceness of research on the grammar and alphabet of the Nukuria language, but, as with many Austronesian languages, Nukuria has a subject-verb-object sentence structure.
References
- ^ Nuguria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Marck, Jeff (2000). Topics in Polynesian Languages and Culture History. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-504. hdl:1885/90887. ISBN 9780858834682.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.1 - Nukuria". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ Kirch, P. V. (1984). "The Polynesian Outliers: Continuity, Change, and Replacement". The Journal of Pacific History. 19 (4): 224–238. doi:10.1080/00223348408572496. JSTOR 25168559.
- ^ Wilson, William H. (1985). "Evidence for an Outlier Source for the Proto Eastern Polynesian Pronominal System". Oceanic Linguistics. 24 (1/2): 85–133. doi:10.2307/3623064. JSTOR 3623064.
- ^ Nukeria, Ethnologue, retrieved 19 October 2018
- ^ Blust, R. A. (2009). The Austronesian Languages. Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 602. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. hdl:1885/10191.
- ^ Ray, Sidney H. (1916). "Polynesian Linguistics. III. Polynesian Languages of the Solomon Islands". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 25 (1): 18–23. JSTOR 20701126.