Ontong Java language
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Ontong Java is a Polynesian language spoken on the Ontong Java Atoll in Solomon Islands. Its dialects—Luangiua and Pelau—are named after the two principal inhabited islands; the name Luangiua is also commonly used to refer to the Ontong Java language as a whole.[2][3]
Ontong Java is commonly used by all speakers, young and old. There are approximately 2,370 residents[4] of Ontong Java Atoll and has an estimated 2,400 speakers living on the atoll.
Classification
Ontong Java is closely related to the Ellicean languages of Polynesia and to Sikaiana, Takuu, and Nukumanu in Papua New Guinea.[4]
Phonology
The phoneme inventory of this language is poorly studied, and many sources have conflicting phoneme inventories.[3]Template:Rp[5]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | p | k | ʔ | |
| Fricative | v | s | h | |
| Lateral | l[note 1] |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
An older source lists two additional vowels, Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA"..[5]
Grammar
Ontong Java word order is normally VSO[4] and SVO.[7]
Notes
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- ^ This source says there is one liquid consonant (Script error: No such module "IPA". / Script error: No such module "IPA".), but does not specify which one.
References
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- ^ Ontong Java at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Luangiua". Glottolog. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Salmond, Anne (1974). A Generative Syntax of Luangiua: A Polynesian Language. The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton & Co. NV. pp. 256.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ontong Java". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lanyon-Orgill, Peter A. (1944). A Study of the Leuangiua Language. The Hague, Netherlands: Luzac & Co. p. 24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Krupa, Viktor (1973). Polynesian Languages: A Survey of Research. The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton & Co. NV. pp. 108.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tomlin, Russell S. (2014-02-03). Basic Word Order (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar): Functional Principles. Routledge. ISBN 9781317933793.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mugler, France; Lynch, John (1996). Pacific Languages in Education. editorips@usp.ac.fj. ISBN 9789820201231.
External links
- Materials on Ontong Java are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thorpe, Mary Anne (1968). A Transformational-generative Syntax of Luangiua (Thesis). University of Auckland.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hogbin, H. I. B. (1930). "Notes on a grammar of the language of Ontong Java". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 5 (4): 823–853. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00090534.
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