Ghari language

Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

RegionGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1999)[1]
Dialects
  • 7,100 Ghari
  • 3,000 Ndi (Vaturanga)
  • 950 Gae (Nggae, Qae)
  • 550 Tandai-Nggaria (Tanaghai)
  • 490 Nginia
  • Geri (Nggeri)
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Ghari
Gari
RegionGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1999)[1]
Dialects
  • 7,100 Ghari
  • 3,000 Ndi (Vaturanga)
  • 950 Gae (Nggae, Qae)
  • 550 Tandai-Nggaria (Tanaghai)
  • 490 Nginia
  • Geri (Nggeri)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gri
Glottologghar1239
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The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.

Phonology

The following is the Qae dialect:[2][3]

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Stop/
Affricate		 voiceless p t tʃ[a] ⟨j⟩ k
prenasal ᵐb ⟨b⟩ ⁿd ⟨d⟩ ᶮdʒ[b] ⟨z⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
Fricative β ⟨v⟩ s ɣ ⟨h⟩ (h)[c]
Lateral l
Rhotic r
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[a]/ⁿt͡s/ in other dialects

[b]/ⁿd͡z/ in other dialects

[c][h] can be heard as a variation of /ɣ/ across dialects.

Where it differs from the IPA, the orthography is written in angular brackets (<>).

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
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