Halia language

Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

Halia
Selau
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBuka Island, Selau Peninsula
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hla
Glottologhali1244

Phonology

The phonology of the Halia language:[2]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b g
Affricate ts ~ tʃ
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
ɪ ʊ
Mid (e) o
ɛ ɔ
Low a

Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.

[e] exists, but not as a monopthong.

Allophones

Phoneme Allophones
/b/ [β]
/ɡ/ [ɣ], [χ]
/ts/ [tʃ]
/r/ [ɾ]
/a/ [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ]
/ʊ/ [ɨ]
/ei/ [e], [ɛi], [ɛ]

References

  1. Halia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.CS1 maint: location (link)


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