Moi language
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Moi | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Papua |
Native speakers | (4,600 cited 1993)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mxn |
Glottolog | moii1235 |
Moi is a West Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | (ʔ) | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Trill | r | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Approximant | w | l | j |
[ʔ] is in free variation with /k/ in word-final position.
Vowels[edit]
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | ə | o |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a | ɑ |
/i, u/ can also be heard as [ɪ, ʊ].[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Moi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Penyusun, Tim (2017). Kamus dwibahasa: Bahasa Mooi - Bahasa Indonesia.
- ^ Menick, Raymond (1995). Moi, a language of the West Papuan phylum: A preview. Baak, Connie and Bakker, Mary and van der Meij, Dick (eds.), Tales from a concave world: Liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve: Leiden University. pp. 55–73.