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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

The phonology of the Halia language: [2]

Consonants

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

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

Phoneme Allophones
/b/ [ β]
/ɡ/ [ ɣ], [ χ]
/ts/ [ tʃ]
/r/ [ ɾ]
/a/ [ æ], [ ɐ], [ ʌ]
/ʊ/ [ ɨ]
/ei/ [ e], [ɛi], [ ɛ]

Literature

In the 1960s Francis Hagai produced a series of liturgies in Halia as part of his work with the Hahalis Welfare Society. [3]

References

  1. ^ Halia at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Trompf, G. W. (1994). Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN  9780521416917.

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