Maypaw language
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| Maypaw | |
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| Maypaw | |
| Pronunciation | /majpaw/ |
| Ethnicity | Xuni |
| Language family | Ngerupic languages
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| Early forms: | Wa Ñi language
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| Writing system | Maypaw script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Quaxin Xun |
| CWS code | myp |
The Maypaw or Maypawh language is a Ngerupic language which is widely spoken in Quaxin Xun, where it has co-official status with two other Ngerupic languages of Quaxin Xun, Hlung and Ndxiixun.
Phonology
Maypaw has a tone system consisting of three tone/phonation combinations: low modal, mid creaky, and high modal. It does not have contrastive nasal vowels, unlike many other Mañic languages.
Grammar
Syntax
Maypaw is strongly head-initial. It has a copula, which is dropped in the present realis. Relative clauses use a relative particle and a gap. Clause conjunctions have same-subject and switch-reference forms.
Morphology
Nominal morphology is minimal, consisting mostly of an enclitic used to denote the plural.