Ririo language

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

Ririo is a nearly extinct indigenous language of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands.

NativetoSolomon Islands

Native speakers

18 (2007)^[1]

Language family

Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
  - Western
    - Meso-Melanesian
      - Northwest Solomonic
        Choiseul
        Ririo

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Ririo
Native to	Solomon Islands
Native speakers	18 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian Northwest Solomonic Choiseul Ririo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rri`
Glottolog	`riri1237`
ELP	Ririo
Ririo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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Phonology

Consonants

Ririo has 18 consonant phonemes.

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Ririo consonant phonemes^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
Stop	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑg
Affricate	voiceless		ts
Affricate	prenasalized		ⁿdz
Fricative		v^[a]	s, z	ɣ
Approximant			l
Trill			r

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/β/ is considered to be an allophone.

Vowels

Ririo has 9 vowel phonemes.

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Ririo vowel phonemes^[2]
	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e, ø	o
Open-mid	ɛ, œ	ɔ
Open	a

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