Language
name and locationː
Wo'oi, Yapen, Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue] |
1. ko'risi |
21. pya rehi heha korisi |
2. 'koru |
22. pya rehi heha koru |
3. 'toru |
23. pya rehi heha toru |
4. 'mwana |
24. pya rehi heha mwana |
5. diŋ |
25. pya rehi heha diŋ |
6. 'wonaŋ |
26. pya rehi heha wonaŋ |
7. 'itu |
27. pya rehi heha itu |
8. 'waru |
28. pya rehi heha waru |
9. syu |
29. pya rehi heha syu |
10. 'hura |
30. pya rehi heha hura |
11. hura heha korisi |
40. pya koru |
12. hura heha koru |
50. pya koru heha hura |
13. hura heha toru |
60. pya toru |
14. hura heha mwana |
70. pya koru heha hura |
15. hura heha diŋ |
80. pya mwana |
16. hura heha wonaŋ |
90. pya mwana heha hura |
17. hura heha itu |
100. pya diŋ |
18. hura heha waru |
200. pya 'hura |
19. hura heha syu |
1000. pya diŋ βe̠ hura |
20. pya 'rehi (litː pya <man) |
2000. pya diŋ βe̠ hura pya diŋ heha koru |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Yusuf Sawaki,
Department of Linguistics, Australian National
University, Canberra,
Australia.
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Other comments: Wooi, Wo'oi
or Woi
is spoken by about 1,800 speakers in Wooi and Wainap villages, west Yapen island,
Papua province. Wooi
has a vigesimal system. The word ''pya'' is derived
from
''one person''. I haven’t done
further analysis on phonemic system and phonology of the language so the
pattern and consonant and vowel inventories I give are still tentative and they
are needed to be investigated in detail. For instance, the sound [ø]
and [N]
are found but they are appeared to be restricted and need further
investigation whether they are allophones or phonemes. The basic
syllabic stress is in the penultimate position (here I bold the syllable
being stressed).
The vowel inventories (preliminary analysis)
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