Native to Papua New Guinea Native speakers 2,400 (2000 census) Glottolog maiw1249 | Region Milne Bay Province ISO 639-3 mum | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Papuan Tip
Nuclear Papuan Tip
North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
Taupota
Maiwala | ||
Maiwala is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, ɡ, ɣ ⟨gh⟩, h, k, ɺ ⟨l⟩, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, j ⟨y⟩; and five vowels: a, ɛ ⟨e⟩, ɪ ⟨i⟩, ɔ ⟨o⟩, ʊ ⟨u⟩.
References
Maiwala language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA