Halia language

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Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.

Halia
Selau
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBuka Island, Selau Peninsula
Native speakers
25,000 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hla
Glottologhali1244

Phonology

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The phonology of the Halia language:[2]

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b g
Affricate ts ~
Fricative s h
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Semivowel w j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
ɪ ʊ
Mid (e) o
ɛ ɔ
Low a

Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.

[e] exists, but not as a monophthong.

Allophones

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Phoneme Allophones
/b/ [β]
/ɡ/ [ɣ], [χ]
/ts/ []
/r/ [ɾ]
/a/ [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ]
/ʊ/ [ɨ]
/ei/ [e], [ɛi], [ɛ]

Literature

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In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Halia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521416917.
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