BCM ISO 639-3
Bannoni
Tsunari Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- bcm
- Alternate Names
- Banoni
- Autonym
- Tsunari
- Population
- 4,500 (2000 SIL).
- Location:
- Bougainville province: Empress Augusta Bay coast, between Aruma and Puriata rivers.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Piva-Banoni
- Typology
- SVO; most modifiers follow noun head; article; causatives; 15 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable (ending in consonant) and on penultimate syllable (ending in vowel); inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession; verb serialization.
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bannoni
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], limited usage.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Bougainville province: Empress Augusta Bay coast, between Aruma and Puriata rivers.
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