Harshen Satawalese

Satawalese yare ne na Micronesia na Tarayyar Micronesia. Yana da kusan fahimtar juna tare da Mortlockese da Carolinian.

 Gabatarwa 

 Tarihi 
Satawal yare ne da ake magana a tsibirin Satawal, wanda ke cikin Tarayyar Tarayyar Micronesia . Harshen kuma ana magana da shi a Jihar Yap, tsibirai da tsibirai masu kusa kamar Lamotrek, Woleai, Puluwat, Pulusuk, da Jihar Chuuk. Hakanan ana iya samun ƙananan masu magana a Saipan, Commonwealth na Tsibirin Mariana na Arewa, da wasu sassan Amurka. Dangane da ƙididdigar shekara ta 1987, kusan mutane 460 ne ke magana da Satawalese duk da haka wannan adadin ya karu, bisa ga ƙididdigarsa da mai bincike Kevin Roddy ya ɗauka wanda ya ba da rahoton kusan masu magana 700 a cikin shekara ta 2007.

 Rarraba 
An gano Satawalese a matsayin yaren Austronesian kuma memba ne na ƙungiyar yaren Chuukic. Masanin kimiyya Edward Quackenbush ne ya gano shi, ƙungiyar Chuukic wani yanki ne na yaren da ke kunshe da harsuna da yaruka daban-daban 17 da ke da nisan kilomita 2,100 a fadin yammacin Pacific (Roddy, 2007). Wannan sarkar ta fara ne a Chuuk a gabas kuma ta shimfiɗa zuwa Sonsorol a yamma. A tsakiyar wannan yaren yana da Satawalese . Yin amfani da hanyar kwatanta, wanda ya haɗa da lura da ƙamus da kamanceceniya mai kyau, masu ilimin harshe sun sami damar haɗa Satawalese da yaren 'yar'uwarsa zuwa dangin yaren Chuukic. Harsunan 'yan uwa na Satawalese sun hada da Carolinian, Chuukese, Mapia, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Paafang, Puluwatese, Sonsorol, Tanapag, Tobian, Ulithian, da Woleaian.

 Sauti 

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
Harshen Satawalese ya ƙunshi takamaiman ƙwayoyi 15. /p/, /pwɣ/, /f/, /m/, /mwɣ/,/w/, /n/, /t/, /s/, /r/, /j/, /k/, / t͡ʃ/, /ŋ/, /š/
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Ana muhawara game da wanzuwar phoneme /g/ a cikin Satawalese. Wasu malamai sun yi imanin cewa phoneme shine allophone na phoneme /k/ . An ba da shawarar cewa a cikin harshen Satawalese ana iya musayar duka sautin ba tare da canza ma'anar kalma ba. Nazarin adawa ya ba da shawarar  ya zama sautin kansa daban. Saboda shaidar da ke nuna amfani da  a cikin kansa a cikin magana ta Satawalese, shawarar cewa shi ne nasa phoneme yana da matsayi mai karfi.

 Manazarta 

Category:Harsuna