| Altname | Marino |
|---|---|
| Nativename | North Maewo |
| Region | Maewo |
| State | Vanuatu |
| Speakers | 500 |
| Date | 2008 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Austronesian |
| Fam 2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam 3 | Oceanic |
| Fam 4 | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam 5 | North-Central Vanuatu |
| Fam 6 | North Vanuatu |
| Iso 3 | mrb |
| Glotto | mari1426 |
| Glottorefname | Sunwadia |
Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial- velar | Labial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | kʷ | t | k | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | |||
| Nasal | ŋʷ | m | n | ŋ | |
| Fricative | f | s | x | ||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | ||||
- /k/ can also have prenasal allophones [ᵑɡ] or [ᵑk].
- /ŋʷ/ can also have an allophone of a labial [mʷ] in word-initial position.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
- /e, o/ can also have allophones of more open sounds [ɛ, ɔ].
- /i/ can also be heard as a semivowel [j] in word-final position.[1]
Notes
- ^ Henri (2011).
References
- Henri, Agnès (2011). Le sungwadia. Éléments de description d'une langue du Vanuatu (in French). Vol. 97. Collection linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris. Leuven: Peeters. p. 463.