Back Anutische Sprache German Anuta keel Estonian Anutan kieli Finnish Anuta (langue) French Anuta jezik Croatian Անուտա լեզու Armenian Pagsasao nga Anuta ILO Lingua anutana Italian Анутски јазик Macedonian Lenga anuta PMS
11°37′S 169°51′E / 11.61°S 169.85°E
| Anuta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Anuta Island |
Native speakers | (270 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aud |
| Glottolog | anut1237 |
| ELP | Anuta |
The Anuta language (or Anutan, locally te taranga paka-Anuta) is a Polynesian Outlier language from the island of Anuta in the Solomon Islands. It is closely related to the Tikopia language of the neighboring island of Tikopia, and it bears significant cultural influence from the island. The two languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility, although Anutans can understand Tikopians better than the reverse.[2]: 6
Anuta is generally regarded as Nuclear Polynesian language, although it bears considerable Tongic influence.[3]
In 1977, Richard Feinberg published a two-volume dictionary and basic grammar of the language.
- ^ Anuta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Feinberg, Richard (1977). The Anutan Language Reconsidered: Lexicon and Grammar of a Polynesian Outlier, Volume 1. Human Relations Area Files. p. 139.
- ^ Feinberg, Richard (1989). "Possible prehistoric contacts between Tonga and Anuta". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 98 (3): 312.
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