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Mwesen (formerly
known by its Mota name Mosina) is an
Oceanic language spoken in the
southeastern area of
Vanua Lava Island, in the
Banks Islands of northern...
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language Mwesen that the two have
sometimes been
considered dialects of a
single language,
sometimes called Mosina (after the name of
Mwesen village in...
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neighboring islands:
Mwotlap Qasvay [k͡pʷasˈβaj], Vurës
Qasvar [k͡pʷasˈβar],
Mwesen Woqastavav [wɔk͡pʷastaˈβaɸ], and
Lakon Qasval [k͡pʷasˈβal]. All of these...
- are: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës,
Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap. With an
average of...
- SE): Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës,
Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap. Proto-Torres-Banks...
- Locally, the
island is
called Vōnōlav [βonoˈlaɸ]/[βʊnʊˈlaɸ] in Vurës and
Mwesen,
Vunulava [funulafa] in Vera'a, and Vunulāv [βunuˈlɒ̝ɸ] in Lemerig. In the...
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order of
genealogical closeness):
Mwotlap –
Volow Hiw – Lo-Toga Vurës –
Mwesen Lemerig – Vera'a Koro –
Olrat –
Lakon Dorig – Koro –
Olrat –
Lakon Olrat...
- Torres–Banks Hiw Lo-Toga
Lehali Löyöp
Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës
Mwesen Mota Nume
Dorig Koro
Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost Sun̄wadia...
- Volow, Iqet [iˈk͡pʷɛt] in Mwotlap, Qet [k͡pʷɛt] in Lemerig, Vurës, and
Mwesen, Qo’ [k͡pʷɔʔ] in Vera'a, Qat [k͡pʷat] in Nume and Lakon, Qāt [k͡pʷaːt] in...
- "stingray" and *paRu "hibiscus"
transphonologized to /βɛr/ and /βɔr/ in
Mwesen. This
resulted in the
expansion of
vowel inventories in the region, from...
