Maiwala language

Maiwala
Maiwala
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	2,400 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Nuclear Papuan Tip North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux Taupota Maiwala; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mum
Glottolog	maiw1249

Maiwala is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, ɡ, ɣ ⟨gh⟩, h, k, ɺ ⟨l⟩, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, j ⟨y⟩; and five vowels: a, ɛ ⟨e⟩, ɪ ⟨i⟩, ɔ ⟨o⟩, ʊ ⟨u⟩.^[2]

References edit

^ Maiwala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Nagai 2003:126

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

[2] Nagai 2003:126

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