Buna language
Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea
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Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Buna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 750 (2003)[1] |
Torricelli
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvn |
| Glottolog | buna1277 |
| ELP | Buna |
There are two divergent dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin (4.018975°S 144.060235°E), Boig (3.84861°S 144.054923°E), Waskurin (3.870089°S 144.068112°E), and Arapang (3.88039°S 144.073217°E) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan (3.953676°S 144.239463°E), and Garien villages.[1][2]
Morphology
Buna has four noun classes. Noun class concord affixes in Buna are shown in the following examples.[3]
- Class 1
singular (masculine) plural (masculine) uri
person.CL1.SG
gaba-re
big-CL1.SG
do-ko-n
CL1.SG.SBJ-go-CL1.SG
‘The big man went.’
oret
person.CL1.PL
gaba-bwe
big-CL1.PL
bo-ko-m
CL1.PL.SBJ-go-CL1.PL
‘The big men went.’
- Class 2
singular (feminine) plural (feminine) uri
person.CL2.SG
gaba-gwe
big-CL2.SG
go-ko-ŋ
CL2.SG.SBJ-go-CL2.SG
‘The big woman went.’
oret
person.CL2.PL
gaba-ʔe
big-CL2.PL
e-ko
CL2.PL.SBJ-go
‘The big women went.’
- Class 3
singular (class III) plural (class III) wan
banana.CL3.SG
gaba-re
big-CL3.SG
na-ti-n
CL3.SG.SBJ-fall-CL3.SG
‘A big banana fell down.’
wan
banana.CL3.PL
gaba-we
big-CL3.PL
u-ti-u
CL3.PL.SBJ-fall-CL3.PL
‘Big bananas fell down.’
- Class 4
singular (class IV) plural (class IV) kwala
netbag.CL4.SG
gaba-le
big-CL4.SG
li-ti-l
CL4.SG.SBJ-fall-CL4.SG
‘A big netbag fell down.’
kwala
netbag.CL4.PL
gaba-be
big-CL4.PL
bə-t-əm
CL4.PL.SBJ-fall-CL4.PL
‘Some big netbags fell down.’
