Writing system Latin Glottolog misi1243 | ISO 639-3 mpx | |
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 | ||
Misima-Panaeati, also called Misiman, is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken on the islands of Misima, Panaieti, and the islands of the eastern half of the Calvados Chain of Papua New Guinea.
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Vowels
Misima-Paneati has 5 vowel phonemes.
Consonants
Misima-Paneati has 17 consonant phonemes.
Syllables
In Misima-Paneati, the following syllable types commonly occur: V, CV, CVC, and VC.
The open syllables V and CV are found in all positions of words, whereas the closed syllables CVC and VC are only found word finally and across morpheme boundaries, with the exception of the following 5 words:
The only monomorphemic consonant clusters that always occur across syllable boundaries are:
References
Misima language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA