| Ririo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 18 (2007)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rri |
| Glottolog | riri1237 |
| ELP | Ririo |
 Ririo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Ririo is a nearly extinct indigenous language of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands.
Phonology
Consonants
Ririo has 18 consonant phonemes.
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg | ||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | |||
| prenasalized | ⁿdz | ||||
| Fricative | va | s, z | ɣ | ||
| Approximant | l | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
Vowels
Ririo has 9 vowel phonemes.
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e, ø | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ, œ | ɔ |
| Open | a |
References
References
- Ririo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Don, Laycock (1982). "74". Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistic (PDF). Vol. 1. The Australian National University. p. 273. doi:10.15144/PL-C74.269.