Nii language
Nii is a Trans–New Guinea language of the Chimbu–Wahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
| Nii | |
|---|---|
| Ek Nii | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Highlands Province |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nii |
| Glottolog | niii1240[2] |
Nii has an unusual number of lateral consonants: a typical dental approximant, /l̪/, plus both dental and velar lateral fricatives, /ɬ̪/ and /ʟ̝̊/, which are optionally voiced between vowels and do not occur in initial position.[3]
References
- Nii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nii". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, 1986:63, The Papuan languages of New Guinea
Further reading
- Stucky, Al (1994). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). Cite journal requires
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