Harshen Volow

Yaren Volow (wanda aka fi sani da Valuwa ko Valuga) yare ne na Oceanic wanda ake magana da shi a yankin Aplow, a gabashin tsibirin Motalava, Vanuatu .   

 Sunan 
Sunan Volow  asalin sunan wuri ne: ya dace da yankin da aka sani a yau da Aplow, amma a cikin tsohon harshen Volow maimakon a Mwotlap. Yanzu da aka daina amfani da yaren Volow, mutanen zamani sun manta da sunan Volow. An san wurin ne kawai ta hanyar sunan Mwotlap Aplow; kamar yadda yake ga nau'ikan harshe, ana kiransa sau da yawa, a cikin harshen Mwotlap, a matsayin na-vap te-Plōw "harshe na Aplow".

Harshen harshe iri-iri wani lokacin ana kiransa na-vap ta Dagmel "harshe na Dagmel" (a Mwotlap), bayan sunan tsohuwar ƙauyen, wanda yanzu aka watsar.

 Ilimin zamantakewa da harshe 
Volow ya koma baya a tarihi don goyon bayan harshen Mwotlap na yanzu. Yanzu ana tunawa da shi ne kawai ta hanyar mai magana ɗaya, wanda ke zaune a ƙauyen Aplow - sabon sunan abin da aka sani a baya da Volow.

Kamancin Volow da Mwotlap shine irin wannan cewa ana iya la'akari da yankuna biyu na yare ɗaya.

 Fasahar sauti 
Volow phonemically ya bambanta da 16 consonants da 7 vowels.

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
Wannan jerin sunayen sun hada da wani nau'i mai ban sha'awa: mai laushi, mai laushi mai laushi [ŋmɡ͡bw]:  misali [n.lɛŋmɡēbwɛβɪn] "mace"  (an rubuta n-leq̄evēn a cikin rubutun yankin).

Daga cikin Harsunan Torres-Banks 17, Volow shine kawai wanda ya adana muryar proto-phonemes *ŋg > /ŋɡ/ da *mbw > /ŋmɡ͡bw/, waɗanda aka sake gina su don kakanninsu Proto-Torres-Banks. Duk maƙwabtanta (ciki har da Mwotlap) sun sadaukar da waɗannan zuwa /k/ da /k ͡pw/ bi da bi.

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