Yerisiam or Iresim is an Austronesian language in the Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) language group of Indonesian Papua. It is closely related to Yaur and...

Meoswar Roon Yapen (see more) Southwest Cenderawasih Bay Umar Yaur-Yerisiam Yaur Yerisiam Kamholz, David (2015). The reconstruction of Proto-SHWNG morphology...

[ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and a critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...

Papua, Indonesia. It has about 300 speakers. It is closely related to Yerisiam and more distantly to Umar. Yaur people Yaur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...

Tungaru), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...

Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...

pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around...

iTaukei is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution...

Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa...

Yotafa, is an Austronesian language spoken in Jayapura Bay in Papua province, Indonesia. It was once thought to be a Papuan language. Notably, Tobati displays...

Numèè (Naa Numee, Naa-Wee), or Kwényi (Kwenyii), is a New Caledonian language, the one spoken at the southern tip of the island, as well as on the Isle...

Mores (alternatively Ko or Farmores) is an Oceanic language spoken in central Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. v t e...

striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost universal replacement of the /r/ or /l/ of other Polynesian languages by a /ʔ/ (glottal stop). Like...

Kumak, also known as Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak after its two dialects, is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. Kumak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The phonology of the Halia language: Diphthong vowel...

Misima-Panaeati, also called Misiman, is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken on the islands of Misima, Panaeati, and the islands of the eastern...

Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000...

where it is primarily spoken, is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo in the Raja Ampat archipelago near the northwestern...

(also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands. The Vaturanga dialect...

Ninde, or Labo (also Nide, Meaun, Mewun) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 1,100 people in the Southwest Bay area of Malekula island, in Vanuatu....

Lamen (Lamenu, Varmali) is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu. Materials on Lamenu are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections...

Lungga (also spelled Luga, Luqa) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 2,800 people on the southern half of Ranongga Island, Solomon Islands...

SHWNG languages, namely Ma'ya, Matbat, Ambel, Moor, Yaur, and Yerisiam, are tonal.: 8  Klamer, et al. (2008) suggest that tone in these SHWNG languages originated...

Barok is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Barok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Du, Jingyi (2010). Towards a Grammar of...

Wagap) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of New Caledonia, in the area of Poindimié, Koné, and Touho. The language has approximately 3,300...

Amara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island...

Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. [p] may also occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result...

Nyelâyu (Yâlayu), also known as Nyalâyu, is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia, spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers. There are two dialects...

(/tʃuːˈkiːz/), also rendered Trukese (/trʌˈkiːz/), is a Chuukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline...

Marovo is an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. It is spoken in the New Georgia Group on islands in Marovo Lagoon and on the neighbouring islands...