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Vitu grammar sketch
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Abstract:
Vitu is a Western Oceanic language spoken on islands northwest of New Britain, PNG. A first-order member of the Meso-Melanesian linkage, Vitu is a conservative Oceanic language showing most of the typical Oceanic features. It is unusual in its lack of classifiers, the presence of a clear morphological passive and the widespread and multifaceted use of tense-aspect-sequentiality markers. The grammar is thoroughly data-driven and includes two interlinearized texts ; In Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, 51. Ukarumpa, EHP: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ix, 248 p
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Muduapa language--Grammar--Papua New Guinea
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URL: http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/47977/Vitu_Grammar_Sketch_vol51.pdf
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Organised Phonology Data, Muduapa (Vitu, Pole Matotoa) Language
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