Kilivila (Kiriwina) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken by the Trobriand people of the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea).[2] It is used in local schools.
| Kilivila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Trobriand Islands |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kij |
| Glottolog | kili1267 |
Phonology edit
Phonology of Kilivila:[3]
Consonants edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | |||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | |||||
| Fricative | v | s | ||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||
Vowels edit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
Allophones edit
| Allophone | |
|---|---|
| /k/ | [k̠], [x̠], [k], [x] |
| /kʷ/ | [kʷ], [k̠ʷ] |
| /s/ | [s], [ʃ] |
| /m/ | [m], [m̩] |
| /ɾ/ | [ɾ], [r], [ʀ] |
| /i/ | [i], [ɨ] |
| /u/ | [u], [ʊ] |
References edit
- ^ Kilivila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Senft, Gunter; Senft, Professor of Linguistics Cognitive Anthropology Research Group Gunter; Levinson, Stephen C. (2000). Systems of Nominal Classification. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780521770750. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Senft, Gunter (1986). Kilivila: The Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Mouton Grammar Library, 3: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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External links edit
- A number of collections in Paradisec include materials in Kilivila