Language
For the characters named Halia in Greek mythology, see Halie. For Thucydides' ancient Greek town of Halia, see Halieis.
| Halia | |
|---|---|
| Selau | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Buka Island, Selau Peninsula |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hla |
| Glottolog | hali1244 |
Halia is an Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology[edit]
The phonology of the Halia language:[2]
Consonants[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | g | ||||
| Affricate | ts ~ tʃ | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Mid | (e) | o | |
| ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Low | a |
Diphthong vowel sounds include /ei, au, ou/.
[e] exists, but not as a monophthong.
Allophones[edit]
| Phoneme | Allophones |
|---|---|
| /b/ | [β] |
| /ɡ/ | [ɣ], [χ] |
| /ts/ | [tʃ] |
| /r/ | [ɾ] |
| /a/ | [æ], [ɐ], [ʌ] |
| /ʊ/ | [ɨ] |
| /ei/ | [e], [ɛi], [ɛ] |
Literature[edit]
In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Halia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Allen, Jerry (1987). Halia grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 32: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 4–10, 215–219.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521416917.
External links[edit]
- Written materials on Halia are available at Kaipuleohone under 'Selau'
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