Nyindrou language

Nyindrou
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	westernmost Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	(4,200 cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus West Manus Nyindrou
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lid
Glottolog	nyin1250

The Nyindrou language is a West Manus language spoken by approximately 4200 people in the westernmost part of Manus Island, Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.^[2] It has SVO word order.^[2]

Phonology

Phoneme inventory of the Nyindrou language:^[3]

Consonant sounds

		Bilabial		Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		plain	lab.			plain	lab.
Nasal		m	mʷ	n	ɲ
Plosive	voiceless	p	pʷ	t		k		ʔ
	voiced	b	bʷ	d		g	ɡʷ
Fricative				s				h
Affricate				ⁿdɾ	dʑ
Liquid	rhotic			ɾ
	lateral			l
Semivowel					j		w

Vowel sounds

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low		ɑ

References

1. Nyindrou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Ethnologue report for Nyindrou
3. Martin, Bill. 1993. Nyindrou-English practical phonology.

External links

• Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collections include written and audio recording materials of Nyindrou