Hiw (sometimes spelled Hiu) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Hiw, in the Torres Islands of Vanuatu. With about 280 speakers, Hiw is considered...
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HIW or Hiw may refer to: Hiw, or Hu, Egypt Hiroshima-Nishi Airport, by IATA code Hiw (island), the northernmost island of Vanuatu Hiw language, spoken...
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Hiw (sometimes spelled Hiu) is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province. The island's name Hiw [hiw] is taken from the local Hiw...
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branch of the Austronesian languages. More specifically, it is the shared ancestor of the following modern languages: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow...
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hiw, [kʰa᷇ː hǐw]) I am hungry. ᨡ᩶ᩣᨧᩢᩉᩥ᩠ᩅ / ข้าจะหิว (kha cha hiw, [kʰa᷇ː t͡ɕa.hǐw]) I will be hungry. ᨡ᩶ᩣᨠ᩵ᩣᩴᩃᩢ᩠ᨦᩉᩥ᩠ᩅ / ข้ากะลังหิว (kha kalang hiw,...
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Voiced velar lateral affricate (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
though in extIPA ⟨ɡ͜𝼄̬⟩ is preferred. This consonant exists in the Hiw and Ekagi languages. Features of the voiced velar lateral affricate: Its manner of...
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Close-mid central rounded vowel (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
König, Ekkehard; van der Auwera, Johan (eds.), The Germanic Languages, Routledge language family descriptions, Routledge, pp. 271–312, ISBN 978-0-415-28079-2...
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distinction between dialects and languages. Conversely, Lo-Toga is a distinct language from the other language of the Torres group, Hiw. The Lo dialect of Lo-Toga...
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/tɕʰǎn หิว hio hǐw/ ฉัน หิว chan hio /tɕʰǎn hǐw/ 'I am hungry.' ฉัน chan /tɕʰǎn จะ cha tɕàʔ หิว hio hǐw/ ฉัน จะ หิว chan cha hio /tɕʰǎn tɕàʔ hǐw/ 'I will be...
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Velar consonant (category Articles containing Hiw-language text)
/k/ in keen or cube) are sometimes referred to as palatovelars. Many languages also have labialized velars, such as [kʷ], in which the articulation is...
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