Whitesands language
Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.[3]
Whitesands | |
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East Tanna | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Tanna Island, east coast |
Native speakers | 7,500 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tnp |
Glottolog | whit1269 [2] |
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stop | p | t tʲ | k x | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Trill / tap | r ɹ | |||||
Fricative | f | s | tʲ | h̥ | ||
Glide | w | j | ||||
Lateral | l |
gollark: The embezzler was just a typo in the accounting spreadsheets, actually.
gollark: I don't believe so, with good crypto.
gollark: Yes, but not everyone is them.
gollark: I'm glad we're in agreement.
gollark: I'm soundofspouting.
References
- Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Whitesands". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
- Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.
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