Ajië language

Ajië
Region Houailou, New Caledonia
Native speakers
 5,400 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aji
Glottolog ajie1238[2]

Ajië (also known as Houailou (Wailu), Wai, and A'jie) is an Oceanic language spoken in New Caledonia. It has approximately 4,000 speakers.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
nor. lab. nor. lab.
Stop voiceless p pʷ t c k kʷ (ʔ)
voiced b bʷ d ɟ ɡ ɡʷ
Nasal m mʷ n ɲ ŋ
Fricative v vʷ ɣ
Rhotic r, r̃, (rh)
Approximant j w

A glottal stop, only appears after oral vowels. Different speakers may realize /v/ as a bilabial sound /β/.

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i ɯu
High-mid e ə o
Low-mid ɛ ʌɔ
Low a
Nasal vowels
Front Central Back
High ĩ ɯ̃ũ
High-mid ẽ ə̃ õ
Low-mid ɛ̃ ʌ̃ɔ̃
Low ã

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References

  1. ↑ Ajië at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ajie". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ de La Fontinelle, Jacqueline (1976). La langue de Houailou, Nouvelle-Calédonie: description phonologique et description syntaxique. Peeters Publishers.


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