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Torricelli dialect cluster of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One (also known as Onele and Aunalei)[2] is a Torricelli dialect cluster of West Wapei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[3]

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One
Aunalei
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionWest Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province
Native speakers
(4,500 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
onr  Northern
oin  Inebu
aun  Molmo
onk  Kabore
okk  Kwamtim
osu  Southern
qaz One
Glottologonee1245
ELPOne
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Languages

Glottolog 4.0 lists the following One varieties as separate languages:

  • Southern One
  • Kwamtim One
  • Central-Northern One
    • Inebu
    • Kabore
    • Molmo
    • Northern One

A detailed dialectology of One is described in Crowther (2001).[4]

The One dialects are spoken in the following villages and wards of West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[3][5]

Phonology

Molmo One consonants are:[6]

mn
ptk
fs
wlj
r

Molmo One vowels are:[6]

iɨu
eo
ɛaɔ

Pronouns

Molmo One pronouns:[6]:334

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sgdupl
1incl mimpla ~ fimplamine
1excl imumpla ~ fumplamo
2 (y)ine ~ yopimplapine ~ po
3 wine ~ wonumplanine ~ no
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Nouns

Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:[6]

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glosssingularplural
‘woman’pinopini
‘wife’pulipulpi
‘flower’sulasulu
‘lizard’sauninasaune
‘mosquito’unkununkle
‘thorn’neninenine
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Further reading

  • Donohue, Mark P. n.d. Lexical categories, complexity and the configurationality split in One. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.

References

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