Misima_language

Misima
Misima
Misima-Panaeati
Region	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	18,000 (2002); 4,000 monolinguals
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Peripheral Kilivila–Misima Misima; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpx
Glottolog	misi1243
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Misima language

Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Misima-Panaeati, also called Misiman, is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken on the islands of Misima, Panaeati, and the islands of the eastern half of the Calvados Chain of Papua New Guinea.

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[e18-1] [1]
Misima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Callister1-2] [2]
Callister 1993, p. 1

[Callister2-3] [3]
Callister 1993, p. 17

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Callister 1993, p. 18

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	Front	Back
High	i /i/	u /u/
Mid	e /e/	o /o/
Low	a /a ~ ə ~ ʌ/

		Bilabial		Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		Plain	Labialized	Alveolar	Palatal	Plain	Labialized	Plain
Stop	Voiceless	p /p/	pw /pʷ/	t /t/		k /k/
Stop	Voiced	b /b/	bw /bʷ/	d /d/		g /ɡ/	gw /ɡʷ/
Nasal		m /m/	mw /mʷ/	n /n ~ ŋ/
Fricative	Voiceless			s /s/				h /h/
Fricative	Voiced	v /β/
Approximant					y /j ~ ʝ/
Lateral approximant				l /l/

Misima_language

Misima language

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