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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Manum,Manam language

<b>Description:</b>

Manam is a Kairiru-Manam language spoken mainly on the volcanic Manam Island, northeast of New Guinea.
Some vowels become glides in diphthongs, eg. /u/, /o/ -> [w] and /i/, /e/ → [j]. /i/ and /u/ are 'weaker' than /e/ and /o/, so that the syllable /kuo/ becomes [kwo] and not *[kuw]
According to Turner, /k/ is more and more often realized as [ʔ], while some older speakers have [q].
The Manam syllable is (C)(V1)V(V1)(C1), the only exception is a syllabic [m̩].
There are some phonotactic restrictions on the prevalent syllable structure. Eg. V1 cannot be [a], whereas V must be [a] as long as it’s not the syllable’s sole vowel. C can be any consonant, whereas C1 must be a nasal consonant.
Stress is phonemic: /ˈsara/ 'palm tree', /saˈra/ 'seagull'. The stress falls on one of the three last syllables of a word, and stressing the penult syllable is the most common: /ˈnatu/ 'child', /maˈlipi/ 'work'. If the last syllable ends in a nasal consonant, it will be stressed instead: /naˈtum/ 'your child'. Some inflections and affixes do not alter the stress of the root word: /iˈto/ 'he learned' (i- is a 3rd person prefix), /siˈŋabalo/ 'in the bush' (-lo is a locative suffix).
In the orthography,<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=5137998 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Manam Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Detailed Description:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mva_detail-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mva_detail-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mva_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mva_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mva_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mva_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/papua_new_guinea Papua New Guinea]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>mva</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Austronesian Group]]

    [[Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

      [[Central-Eastern Group]]

        [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

          [[Oceanic Group]]

            [[Western Oceanic Group]]

              [[North New Guinea Group]]

                [[Schouten Group]]

                  [[Kairiru-Manam Group]]

                    [[Manam Group]]

                      <b>[[Manam Language]]</b>

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