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 | |||
| 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 |
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.
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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)