Lehali language
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Lehali | |
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Loli | |
Pronunciation | [lɔli] |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Ureparapara |
Native speakers
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200 (2010) [1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
tql
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Glottolog |
leha1243
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ELP | Lehali |
Lehali is classified as Vulnerable by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Lehali (previously known as Teqel ) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 200 people, on the west coast of Ureparapara Island in Vanuatu . [1] It is distinct from Löyöp , the language spoken on the east coast of the same island.
Name
The language is named after the village where it is spoken, natively referred to as Loli [lɔli] . The name Lehali does not have any etymological value, other than being a corruption of the native name.
Phonology
Lehali phonemically contrasts 16 consonants and 10 vowels . [3]
Consonants
Vowels
The 10 vowel phonemes are all short monophthongs /i ɪ ɛ æ ə a ɒ̝ ɔ ʊ u/ : [4] [3]
Grammar
The system of personal pronouns in Lehali contrasts clusivity , and distinguishes four numbers (singular, dual , trial , plural). [5]
Spatial reference in Lehali is based on a system of geocentric ( absolute ) directionals, which is in part typical of Oceanic languages , and yet innovative. [6]
References
- 1 2 List of Banks islands languages .
- ↑ A rough translation can be found in the comments to the Youtube version of this video.
- 1 2 François (2021) .
- ↑ François 2011 , p. 194.
- ↑ François 2016 .
- ↑ François 2015 , pp. 175–176.
Bibliography
- François, Alexandre (2011). "Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence" (PDF) . Journal of Historical Linguistics . 1 (2): 175–246. doi : 10.1075/jhl.1.2.03fra . hdl : 1885/29283 . S2CID 42217419 . .
- — — (2012). "The dynamics of linguistic diversity: Egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages" (PDF) . International Journal of the Sociology of Language . 2012 (214): 85–110. doi : 10.1515/ijsl-2012-0022 . S2CID 145208588 .
- — — (2015). "The ins and outs of up and down : Disentangling the nine geocentric space systems of Torres and Banks languages" (PDF) . In Alexandre François; Sébastien Lacrampe; Michael Franjieh; Stefan Schnell (eds.). The languages of Vanuatu: Unity and diversity . Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia. Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics. pp. 137–195. hdl : 1885/14819 . ISBN 978-1-922185-23-5 .
- — — (2016). "The historical morphology of personal pronouns in northern Vanuatu" (PDF) . In Pozdniakov, Konstantin (ed.). Comparatisme et reconstruction : tendances actuelles . Faits de Langues. Vol. 47. Bern: Peter Lang. pp. 25–60.
- François, Alexandre (2021). "Presentation of the Lehali language and audio archive" . Pangloss Collection . Paris: CNRS . Retrieved 21 Feb 2022 .
External links
- Audio recordings in the Lehali language , in open access, by A. François ( Pangloss Collection ) .
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