| Kilivila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Trobriand Islands |
| Native speakers | (20,000 cited 2000) |
| Language family | Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kij |
| Glottolog | kili1267 |
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). It is used in local schools.
Phonology
Phonology of Kilivila:
Consonants
| 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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
Allophones
| Allophone | |
|---|---|
| /k/ | , , , |
| /kʷ/ | , |
| /s/ | , |
| /m/ | , |
| /ɾ/ | , , |
| /i/ | , |
| /u/ | , |
References
- 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
- A number of collections in Paradisec include materials in Kilivila
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