Minigir Language (vmg) - Revision history

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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Lungalunga

<b>Description:</b>

Minigir is spoken by a small number of the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea, who live on the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province. It is often referred to in the linguistics literature as the Tolai "dialect" with an /s/. However, it is not one of the Patpatar-Tolai languages.
Minigir belongs to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. The most immediate subgroup is the Patpatar-Tolai group of languages which also includes Kuanua (also spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula) and Patpatar (spoken on New Ireland).
Minigir is spoken on Ataliklikun Bay, in the villages of Lungalunga, Kabaira and Vunamarita, located on the Gazelle Peninsula in the East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.
Minigir pronouns have four number distinctions (singular, dual, trial and plural) and three person distinctions (first, second and third) as well as an inclusive/exclusive distinction. There are no gender distinctions.
The usual word order of Minigir is SVO.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=4361675 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Minigir Language Speakers</h2>
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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>vmg</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Austronesian Group]]

    [[Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

      [[Central-Eastern Group]]

        [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Group]]

          [[Oceanic Group]]

            [[Western Oceanic Group]]

              [[Meso Melanesian Group]]

                [[New Ireland Group]]

                  [[South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic Group]]

                    [[Mono-Uruava Group]]

                      <b>[[Minigir Language]]</b>

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