Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal island of the Solomon Islands.

The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.

Phonology

The following is the Qae dialect:

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩ Stop/ Affricate voiceless p t tʃ[a] ⟨j⟩ k prenasal ᵐb ⟨b⟩ ⁿd ⟨d⟩ ᶮdʒ[b] ⟨z⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩ Fricative β ⟨v⟩ s ɣ ⟨h⟩ (h)[c] Lateral l Rhotic r

[a]/ⁿt͡s/ in other dialects

[b]/ⁿd͡z/ in other dialects

[c][h] can be heard as a variation of /ɣ/ across dialects.

Where it differs from the IPA, the orthography is written in angular brackets (<>).

Vowels

Front Central Back High i u Mid e o Low a

Notes

Sources

  • Ivens, W. G. (1934). "A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London. 7 (2): 349–375. doi:.

External links

  • online text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana
  • Paradisec open access
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