| Buna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 750 (2003) [1] |
Torricelli
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bvn |
| Glottolog |
buna1277 |
| ELP | Buna |
Buna is a Torricelli language of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
There are two divergent dialects. One dialect is spoken in Kasmin ( 4°01′08″S 144°03′37″E / 4.018975°S 144.060235°E), Boig ( 3°50′55″S 144°03′18″E / 3.84861°S 144.054923°E), Waskurin ( 3°52′12″S 144°04′05″E / 3.870089°S 144.068112°E), and Arapang ( 3°52′49″S 144°04′24″E / 3.88039°S 144.073217°E) villages, and another in Masan, Mangan ( 3°57′13″S 144°14′22″E / 3.953676°S 144.239463°E), and Garien villages. [1] [2]
Morphology
Buna has four noun classes. Noun class concord affixes in Buna are shown in the following examples. [3]
- Class 1
singular (masculine) plural (masculine) uri
person. CL1. SG
gaba-re
big- CL1. SG
do-ko-n
CL1. SG. SBJ-go- CL1. SG
‘The big man went.’
oret
person. CL1. PL
gaba-bwe
big- CL1. PL
bo-ko-m
CL1. PL. SBJ-go- CL1. PL
‘The big men went.’
- Class 2
singular (feminine) plural (feminine) uri
person. CL2. SG
gaba-gwe
big- CL2. SG
go-ko-ŋ
CL2. SG. SBJ-go- CL2. SG
‘The big woman went.’
oret
person. CL2. PL
gaba-ʔe
big- CL2. PL
e-ko
CL2. PL. SBJ-go
‘The big women went.’
- Class 3
singular (class III) plural (class III) wan
banana. CL3. SG
gaba-re
big- CL3. SG
na-ti-n
CL3. SG. SBJ-fall- CL3. SG
‘A big banana fell down.’
wan
banana. CL3. PL
gaba-we
big- CL3. PL
u-ti-u
CL3. PL. SBJ-fall- CL3. PL
‘Big bananas fell down.’
- Class 4
singular (class IV) plural (class IV) kwala
netbag. CL4. SG
gaba-le
big- CL4. SG
li-ti-l
CL4. SG. SBJ-fall- CL4. SG
‘A big netbag fell down.’
kwala
netbag. CL4. PL
gaba-be
big- CL4. PL
bə-t-əm
CL4. PL. SBJ-fall- CL4. PL
‘Some big netbags fell down.’
References
- ^
a
b
Buna at
Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
External links
- Paradisec houses a collection of Arthur Capell's materials that include Boiken ( AC2) as well as recordings by Bill Foley ( WF3) and notebooks from Don Laycock's work ( DL2). All of these collections are open access.