Sungwadaga language

Sungwadaga
Sungwadaga
Central Maewo, Peterara
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Maewo
Native speakers	1,400 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Sungwadaga; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Lotora; Tanoriki; Peterara; ? Arata; ? Bangoro;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mwo
Glottolog	cent2058
	Sungwadaga is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Last updated February 14, 2025

Sungwadaga or Central Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.

Names

Alternate names for Sungwadaga include Central Maewo, Maevo and Tanoriki.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial- velar	Labial	Alveolar	Velar
Plosive	voiceless			t
Plosive	prenasal	ᵑɡʷ	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Nasal		ŋʷ	m	n	ŋ
Fricative		xʷ	f	s	x
Rhotic				r
Lateral				l
Approximant		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

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References

↑ Sungwadaga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Central Maewo". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
↑ Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia: Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), Vol. 97: Leuven: Peeters. p. 48.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

External links

Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec
Digitised microfilm images from Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) are also available from Paradisec
Na Ganigogona: A Liturgy for Melanesia in Maewo (c. 1975)

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[e18-1] Sungwadaga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Glottolog 5.1 - Central Maewo". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

[3] Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia: Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), Vol. 97: Leuven: Peeters. p. 48.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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