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ARTICLES RELATED TO Niuean language - Orthography | | | |  Niuean language - Orthography: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - OrthographyNiuean orthography is largely phonemic; that is, one syllable stands for one sound and vice versa.
Niuean language - Alphabet.
The traditional alphabet order, given with the traditional names of the letters, is ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, fā, gā, hā, kā, lā, mō, nū, pī, tī, vī, rō, sā. Note that rō and sā as introduced letters are ordered at the end.
Sperling (1970) uses an alphabetical order based on English for his dictionary: a, ā, e, ē, f, g, h, i, ī, k, l ...
See also:Niuean language, Niuean language - Speakers, Niuean language - Dialects, Niuean language - Phonology, Niuean language - Vowel length, Niuean language - Diphthongs, Niuean language - Rearticulation, Niuean language - Syllable structure, Niuean language - Stress, Niuean language - Glottal stop, Niuean language - Orthography, Niuean language - Alphabet, Niuean language - History, Niuean language - Grammar, Niuean language - Typology, Niuean language - Pronouns, Niuean language - Numbers, Niuean language - Morphology Read more here: » Niuean language: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - Orthography |
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| | | | Niuean language - Orthography: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - Phonology The phonology of Niuean consists of the consonant phonemes f, ŋ, h, k, l, m, n, p, t, v and the vowels a, ā, e, ē, i, ī, o, ō, u, ū.
There are also two marginal consonant phonemes, r and s, which only occur in loanwords; some speakers substitute the sounds l and t, respectively ...
See also:Niuean language, Niuean language - Speakers, Niuean language - Dialects, Niuean language - Phonology, Niuean language - Vowel length, Niuean language - Diphthongs, Niuean language - Rearticulation, Niuean language - Syllable structure, Niuean language - Stress, Niuean language - Glottal stop, Niuean language - Orthography, Niuean language - Alphabet, Niuean language - History, Niuean language - Grammar, Niuean language - Typology, Niuean language - Pronouns, Niuean language - Numbers, Niuean language - Morphology Read more here: » Niuean language: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - Phonology |
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| | | | Niuean language - Orthography: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - Dialects Niuean consists of two main dialects, the older motu dialect from the north of the island and the tafiti dialect of the south. The words mean, respectively, the people of the island and the strangers (or people from a distance).
The differences between the dialects are mainly in vocabulary or in the form of some words.
Examples of differences in vocabulary are volu (Tafiti) vs matā (Motu) for scrape, scraper and lala (Tafiti) vs kautoga (Motu) for guava ( ...
See also:Niuean language, Niuean language - Speakers, Niuean language - Dialects, Niuean language - Phonology, Niuean language - Vowel length, Niuean language - Diphthongs, Niuean language - Rearticulation, Niuean language - Syllable structure, Niuean language - Stress, Niuean language - Glottal stop, Niuean language - Orthography, Niuean language - Alphabet, Niuean language - History, Niuean language - Grammar, Niuean language - Typology, Niuean language - Pronouns, Niuean language - Numbers, Niuean language - Morphology Read more here: » Niuean language: Encyclopedia II - Niuean language - Dialects |
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