Language name and locationː Mafea, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]

供资料的语言学家马费亚, 瓦努阿图圣埃斯皮里图岛南部

 

1. tea

21.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin aite

2. rua

22.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rua

3. tol(u)

23.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i tol(u)

4. at(i) *

24.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i at(i)

5. lim̼a *

25.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i lim̼a

6. m̼araa

26.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i m̼araa

7. raa rua

27.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i raa rua

8. rattol(u)

28.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rattol(u)

9. rap̼p̼at(i)

29.  moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rap̼p̼at(i)

10. saŋavul(u)

30.  moŋavul tol(u)

11. saŋavul(u) vuan aite

40.  moŋavul at(i)

12. saŋavul(u) vuan i rua

50.  moŋavul lim̼a

13. saŋavul(u) vuan i tol(u)

60.  moŋavul m̼araa

14. saŋavul(u) vuan i ̼at(i)

70.  moŋavul raa rua

15. saŋavul(u) vuan i lim̼a

80.  moŋavul rattol(u)

16. saŋavul(u) vuan i m̼araa

90.  moŋavul rap̼p̼at(i)

17. saŋavul(u) vuan i raa rua

100. moŋav saŋavul(u)

18. saŋavul(u) vuan i rattol(u)

200. mov̼a rua

19. saŋavul(u) vuan i rap̼p̼at(i)

1000. tar(a) aite

20. moŋavul rua

2000. tar(a) i rua

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Valerie Guerin, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA, June 2, 2005, November 11, 2008
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Valerie Guerin, 2005 年 6 月 2 日, 2008 年 11 月 11 日

 

Other comments: Mavea or Mafea is an endangered language spoken in Deproma village, Mafea Island south of Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu. Mavea has a decimal counting with five-base substructure. Mavea like the Araki language have a few some interesting ''Linguolabial'' or ''apicolabial'' sounds as happened in numbers 4 <ati>, 5 <lim̼a>, 6 <m̼araa>, 7 <raa rua>, 9 <rap̼p̼at(i) > and 200 < mov̼a rua >.

 

Linguo-labial

Bilabial

Dental

Alveolar

Retro-flex

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Plosive

p

 t

 

ɖ

 

k

 ʔ

Fricative

 

β

 

 s

   

 

 

Nasal

m

 

n

   

 ŋ

 

Lateral

 

 

 

l

   

 

 

Flap

 

 

 

ɾ

   

 

 

Trill

 

 

 

ɾ

   

 

 

Approx.

         

j

w

 

 

Mavea Vowels:

 

Front

Central

Back

High

i

 

u

Mid

e

 

o

Low

 

a

 

 

Vowels can be phonetically long.


 

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