Lo-Toga language
| Lo-Toga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Torres Islands |
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Native speakers
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580 (2012)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lht |
| Glottolog | loto1240[2] |
Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken on the Torres Islands of Vanuatu.[3]
Situation and dialects
Its 580 speakers live mostly in Lo and Toga, the two main islands in the southern half of the Torres group. The same language is also spoken by the small populations of the two other islands of Linua and Tegua.
Lo-Toga is itself divided into two very close dialects, Lo (spoken on Lo island) and Toga (spoken on Toga). The name Toga has been used sometimes to refer to the whole language of Lo-Toga. Conversely, Lo-Toga is a distinct language from the other language of the Torres group, Hiw.
Phonology
The Lo dialect of Lo-Toga has 13 phonemic vowels. These include 8 monophthongs /i e ɛ a ə ɔ o ʉ/, and five diphthongs /i͡e i͡ɛ i͡a o͡ə o͡ɔ/.[4]
References
- ↑ François (2012):88).
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- ↑ François (2005:444)
- ↑ François (2005:460); François (2011:194)
Bibliography
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External links
- Linguistic map of north Vanuatu, showing range of Lo-Toga.
- Ne Vavatema Vivda Pah Tage Vivda Volquane Lema Rua Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Toga (1907)
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