Pingelapese
Native toMicronesia
RegionPingelap
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1991)[1]
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3pif
Glottologping1243

Pingelapese is a Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll.

It is a language featuring both reduplication and triplication.

Phonology

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Historical sound changes

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Pingelapese reflexes of Proto Oceanic consonants[2]
Proto Oceanic *mp *mp,ŋp *p *m *m,ŋm *k *ŋk *y *w *t *s,nj *ns,j *j *nt,nd *d,R *l *n
Proto Micronesian *p *pʷ *f *m *mʷ *k *x *y *w *t *T *s *S *Z *c *r *l *n
Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic *p *pʷ *f *m *mʷ *k *r,∅ *y *w *t *j *t *t * ̻t *r *l *n
Proto Pohnpeic *p *pʷ *p, ∅ *m *mʷ *k *r,∅ *y *w *j,∅ *j *t *t * ̻t *r *l *n *∅,n
Pingelapese *p *pʷ *p, ∅ *m *mʷ *k *r,∅ *∅,y *w *s,∅{_i,u,e} *s *t *t *s *r *l *n *∅,n{V+hi_}

References

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  1. ^ Pingelapese at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  2. ^ Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42: 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449.