| 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]
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]
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.[ citation needed ] However, recent research indicates that Nukuria is now most likely an extinct language. [7]
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 | ||||
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.[ citation needed ]