One language
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]
One | |
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Aunalei | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | (4,500 cited 2000)[1] |
Torricelli
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:onr – Northernoin – Inebuaun – Molmoonk – Kaboreokk – Kwamtimosu – Southern |
qaz One | |
Glottolog | onee1245 |
ELP | One |
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]
- Kwamtim One is spoken in Kwamtum (3.447311°S 141.909351°E) and Kwatim (3.45713°S 141.907889°E) villages.
- Inebu One is spoken in Inebu ward (3.381711°S 141.936°E).
- Kabore One is spoken in Kabore ward (3.314106°S 141.840799°E).
- Molmo One is spoken in Molmo ward (3.362595°S 141.855041°E).
Phonology
Molmo One consonants are:[6]
m n p t k f s w l j r
Molmo One vowels are:[6]
i ɨ u e o ɛ a ɔ
Pronouns
Molmo One pronouns:[6]: 334
sg | du | pl | |
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1incl | mimpla ~ fimpla | mine | |
1excl | i | mumpla ~ fumpla | mo |
2 | (y)ine ~ yo | pimpla | pine ~ po |
3 | wine ~ wo | numpla | nine ~ no |
Nouns
Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:[6]
gloss | singular | plural |
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‘woman’ | pino | pini |
‘wife’ | puli | pulpi |
‘flower’ | sula | sulu |
‘lizard’ | saunina | saune |
‘mosquito’ | unkun | unkle |
‘thorn’ | neni | nenine |
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 Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.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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