Huli language
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Huli is a Tari language spoken by the Huli people of the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea. It has a pentadecimal (base-15) numeral system: Script error: No such module "Lang". means 15, Script error: No such module "Lang". means 15×2 = 30, and Script error: No such module "Lang". means 15×15 = 225.
Huli has a pandanus language called Script error: No such module "Lang". (bush divide taboo) used for collecting karuka nuts (Script error: No such module "Lang".) as well as hunting or traveling.[1] Script error: No such module "Lang". is used to evade malevolent bush spirits.[1] The grammar for Script error: No such module "Lang". is nearly identical to normal Huli, but the vocabulary is changed, often borrowing words from Duna but with changed meanings.[1]
Phonology
Huli has a syllable structure of (C)V.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ |
| Open | ɑ ɑ̃ | |
/ɑ/ is pronounced more fronted as [æ] before /r/ and /ʝ/.[2]
Vowel nasality is phonemic in the language. Vowels can also carry three phonemic tones; high-falling, mid-level, and low-rising.
Consonants
Stops /p t k/ can become aspirated as [pʰ tʰ kʰ].
Many speakers pronounce /t/ as [s] before /i/.
/d/ is realized as voiceless as [d̥] when occurring word-initially, and is palatalized as [dʲ] between /i/ and a word-final /ɑ/.
/r/ only occurs word-medially.
/b ɡ/ can be phonetically realized as fricatives intervocalically as [β ɣ].
References
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External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Huli on New Guinea World
- Huli counting system Template:Webarchive
- Huli phonology
- "Counting and number in Huli", Brian Cheetam. Papua New Guinea Journal of EducationTemplate:Dead link