One language explained

One
Nativename:	Aunalei
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province
Date:	2000
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Torricelli
Fam2:	One
Ld1:	Northern
Lc1:	onr
Ld2:	Inebu
Lc2:	oin
Ld3:	Molmo
Lc3:	aun
Ld4:	Kabore
Lc4:	onk
Ld5:	Kwamtim
Lc5:	okk
Ld6:	Southern
Lc6:	osu
Linglist:	qaz
Lingname:	One
Glotto:	onee1245
Glottorefname:	One

One (also known as Onele and Aunalei)^[1] is a Torricelli dialect cluster of West Wapei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Languages

Glottolog 4.0 lists the following One varieties as separate languages:

• Southern One
• Kwamtim One
• Central-Northern One
  • Inebu
  • Kabore
  • Molmo
  • Northern One

A detailed dialectology of One is described in Crowther (2001).^[3]

The One dialects are spoken in the following villages and wards of West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.^{[4] [5]}

• Kwamtim One is spoken in Kwamtum (-3.4473°N 141.9094°W) and Kwatim (-3.4571°N 141.9079°W) villages.
• Inebu One is spoken in Inebu ward (-3.3817°N 141.936°W).
• Kabore One is spoken in Kabore ward (-3.3141°N 141.8408°W).
• Molmo One is spoken in Molmo ward (-3.3626°N 141.855°W).

Phonology

Molmo One consonants are:

m	n
p	t	k
f	s
w	l	j
	r

Molmo One vowels are:

i	ɨ	u
e		o
ɛ	a	ɔ

Pronouns

Molmo One pronouns:

	sg	du	pl
1incl		mimpla ~ fimpla	mine
1excl	i	mumpla ~ fumpla	mo
2	(y)ine ~ yo	pimpla	pine ~ po
3	wine ~ wo	numpla	nine ~ no

Nouns

Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:^[6]

gloss	singular	plural
‘woman’	pino	pini
‘wife’	puli	pulpi
‘flower’	sula	sulu
‘lizard’	saunina	saune
‘mosquito’	unkun	unkle
‘thorn’	neni	nenine

Further reading

• Donohue, Mark P. n.d. Lexical categories, complexity and the configurationality split in One. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OLAC resources in and about the Molmo One language . 2024-01-31 . www.language-archives.org.
2. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
3. Crowther, Melissa. 2001. All the One language(s): comparing linguistic and ethnographic definitions of language in New Guinea. MA thesis, University of Sydney.
4. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
5. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
6. Book: Foley, William A. . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 197–432 . 978-3-11-028642-7.