| 词条 | Sikaritai language | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
|name=Sikaritai |altname=Tori Aikwakai |states=Indonesia |region=New Guinea |speakers=800 |date=1993 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Lakes Plain |fam2=Central |iso3=tty |glotto=sika1263 |glottorefname=Sikaritai }}Sikaritai (Sikwari) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is named after Sikari village. It's gone by various names: Aikwakai, Araikurioko, Ati, Tori, Tori Aikwakai. Sikaritai, Obokuitai, and Eritai constitute a dialect cluster. PhonologyThe following discussion is based on Martin (1991).[1] Consonants
This small consonant inventory is typical of Lakes Plain languages.[2] The complete lack of nasals is also a feature of these languages. VowelsSikaritai has six vowels.
Many other Lakes Plain languages have developed a series of extra high "fricativized" vowels from the loss of a final consonant.[2] In Sikaritai the final consonants have been retained; however, extra-high [i] and [u] appear as allophones of /i/ and /u/ before final /g/ and /d/. Martin postulates that Sikaritai is in the process of developing contrastive fricativized vowels as other Lakes Plain languages have done. ToneThe language has a two-height tone system with H and L tone. More than one tonal element can appear on a single syllable. SyllablesThe syllable template is (C)(C)V(V)(C). References1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Martin|first=David|year=1991|title=Sikaritai phonology|url=|journal=Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures|volume=9|pages=91–120|via=}} {{Languages of Indonesia}}{{Lakes Plain languages}}{{Indonesia-stub}}{{papuan-lang-stub}}2. ^1 {{Cite journal|last=Clouse|first=Duane|year=1997|title=Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya|url=|journal=Papers in Papuan Linguistics|volume=3|pages=133–236|via=}} 2 : Lakes Plain languages|Languages of western New Guinea |
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