Lemerig language

Lemerig
Native to Vanuatu
Region Vanua Lava
Native speakers
 2 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lrz
Glottolog leme1238[2]

Lemerig (sometimes also called Pak, Päk, or Sasar) is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu.

Lemerig is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern coast of the island.[3] The language has receded in favour of its neighbours Mwotlap and Vera'a.[1]

Phonology

Lemerig has 11 phonemic vowels. These are all short monophthongs /i ɪ ɛ æ a œ ø ɒ̝ ɔ ʊ u/.[4]

Lemerig vowels
Front Back
plain round
Close i u
Near-close ɪøʊ
Open-mid ɛœɔ
Near-open æ ɒ̝
Open a

References

  1. 1 2 François (2012:87).
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lemerig". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ List of Banks islands languages.
  4. ↑ François (2011:194)

Bibliography

  • François, Alexandre (2011), "Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence" (PDF), Journal of Historical Linguistics, 1 (2): 175–246, doi:10.1075/jhl.1.2.03fra .
  • François, Alexandre (2012), "The dynamics of linguistic diversity: Egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages" (PDF), International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 214: 85–110, doi:10.1515/ijsl-2012-0022 .


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