Vanimo language

Vanimo (Wanimo, Manimo) is a Skou language of Papua New Guinea which extends from Leitre to Wutung on the Papua New Guinea - Indonesian border.

Vanimo (Wanimo, Manimo) is a Skou language of Papua New Guinea which extends from Leitre to Wutung on the Papua New Guinea - Indonesian border. ==Phonology== The Duso dialect of Vanimo is unusual in not having any phonemic velar consonants, though it does have phonetic . The vowels (Dumo dialect) are, All occur nasalized, varying phonetically between a nasal vowel and a vowel followed by consonantal . Nasal /u/ may be realized as a syllabic . In Dumo, there are no velar consonants apart from this (and also as noted below). The other consonants are, Consonant clusters are /pl, bl, ml, ɲv, hv, hm, hn, hɲ, hj/ (hv and hm may be allophones). /ɲv/ is pronounced . There are no coda consonants apart from . do occur in Dusö dialect. They correspond to or zero in Dumo. Dumo syllables may have either a 'high' or a 'long' tone. There is strict syllable timing, a 'long'-toned syllable takes the entire time allotted for a syllable, whereas with a high-tone or atonic syllable, there is a slight gap between it and the following syllable. Ross writes high tone with a grave accent, and long tone with an acute accent. A syllable with a nasal vowel / coda is not necessarily long, it may have any of the three tones. ==References== ==Further reading==

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