| Kwamera | |
|---|---|
| South Tanna | |
| Nafe, Nɨfe | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tnk |
| Glottolog | kwam1252 |
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Kwamera, or South Tanna [ntk], the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is an Oceanic language, spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu, by about 3,500 people.[2]
Writing system
| Majuscules | A | E | F | Fw | G | H | I | Ɨ | K | Kw | M | Mw | N | O | P | Pw | R | S | T | U | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minuscules | a | e | f | fw | g | h | i | ɨ | k | kw | m | mw | n | o | p | pw | r | s | t | u | v |
Resources
The Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary, hosted at Swarthmore College, includes 3,233 entries, 3,212 audio files, 1,236 images, and video clips.
References
- ^ Kwamera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ * François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu" (PDF), in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.730.9327, ISBN 9781922185235.
- ^ Lindstrom 1986, p. vi.
Bibliography
- Balick MJ, Ramík DM, Ramík N, Nemisa Kumas IK, Plunkett GM, Kelso N, Dovo P, Harrison KD. (2024) “The children of the Sun and Moon are the gardens”—How people, plants, and a living Sun shape life on Tanna, Vanuatu. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0313997.
- Lindstrom, Lamont (1986). Kwamera Dictionary. Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-340-1.
- K. David Harrison & Martial Wahe, 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College.
