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Idne language

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Idne
Maleu-Kilenge
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionwestern tip of Talasea District, West New Britain Province
Native speakers
8,000 (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Maleu
  • Kilenge
Language codes
ISO 639-3mgl
Glottologmale1289

Idne, also known as Maleu-Kilenge, is an Austronesian language spoken by several thousand swidden farmers in the Talasea District of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar
Plosive p t d k
Fricative β ⟨v⟩ s ɣ ⟨g⟩
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w r, l
  • The fricatives /β ɣ/ are pronounced [b g] following a homorganic nasal.
  • The nasals /n ŋ/ manifest as the sequences [n̥n ŋ̊ŋ] word-initially.
  • /w/ only occurs intervocalically.
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid-high e o
Mid-low ɛ ⟨ë⟩ ɔ ⟨ö⟩
Low a

Additionally, Idne has the following diphthongs: /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ae/, /ua/, /iu/, /ɛu/, /au/, /ou/, /ɔu/.

Stress occurs on the penultimate syllable.[2]

References

  1. ^ Idne at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b c Haywood, Graham (1994). Maleu Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.


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