Maiwala language explained

Maiwala
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Milne Bay Province
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western Oceanic
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Nuclear Papuan Tip
Fam7:North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
Fam8:Taupota
Iso3:mum
Glotto:maiw1249
Glottorefname:Maiwala

Maiwala is an Oceanic language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

The Maiwala language has 13 consonants: b, d, pronounced as /ɡ/, pronounced as /link/, h, k, pronounced as /link/, m, n, p, s, t, v; two semi-vowels: w, pronounced as /link/ ; and five vowels: pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ .[1]

Notes and References

  1. Nagai 2003:126