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Mwotlap (pronounced [ŋ͡mʷɔtˈlap];
formerly known as Motlav) is an
Oceanic language spoken by
about 2,100
people in Vanuatu. The
majority of
speakers are...
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different phonemes. Thus, in
several languages of the
Banks Islands,
including Mwotlap, the
simple m
stands for /m/, but an m with a
macron (m̄) is a rounded...
- in 17th-century French, the p****é composé
served as a
hodiernal past).
Mwotlap (Vanuatu) has a
hodiernal ****ure,
which is the only
absolute tense of its...
- Proto-North-Central
Vanuatu etymon *loᵑgo; Hiw tegōv [təɣoβ],
Lemerig ’ëgëv [ʔœɣœβ] and
Mwotlap na-tgop [natɣɔp]
reflect Proto-Torres-Banks *taɣoβe;
Araki has
ureeje [uɾeet͡ʃe]...
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adopted the
dominant language Mwotlap from the
western side. The name
Aplow [apˈlʊw] is the name of the
village in
Mwotlap,
which is the
dominant language...
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place is only
known through its
Mwotlap name Aplow; as for the
language variety, it is
often referred to, in the
Mwotlap language, as na-vap te-Plōw “the...
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northern coast of the island.
Lemerig has
receded in
favour of its
neighbours Mwotlap and Vera'a. The name
Lemerig refers to a now
abandoned village in northern...
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structures et liberté dans l'organisation du discours. Une
description du
mwotlap,
langue océanienne du
Vanuatu (in French), Paris: PhD dissertation, Université...
- (ranked geographically, from NW to SE): Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow,
Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon...
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Austronesian family: e.g.
Fijian tabu, Hiw (Vanuatu) toq [tɔkʷ] ‘holy, sacred’,
Mwotlap ne-teq [nɛ-tɛk͡pʷ] ‘cemetery’…
Whether Polynesian or not, all
modern forms...
