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Qaqet (Kakat, Makakat, Maqaqet), or Baining, is a non-Austronesian language from the Baining family spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.[1]

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  1. 48 relations: Adposition, Alveolar consonant, Arthur Capell, Austronesian languages, Back vowel, Baining languages, Butam language, Central vowel, Close vowel, Conversion (word formation), East New Britain Province, East Papuan languages, Fricative, Front vowel, Gazelle Peninsula, Grammatical aspect, Grammatical case, Grammatical number, Grammatical particle, Grammatical tense, Indo-European languages, Inland Baining Rural LLG, Kairak language, Labial consonant, Lassul Baining Rural LLG, Lateral consonant, Makolkol language, Mali language, Mid vowel, Nasal consonant, New Britain, New Guinea, Noun class, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Papua New Guinea, Papuan languages, PARADISEC, Plosive, Retroflex consonant, Rhotic consonant, Simbali language, Singulative number, Subject–verb–object word order, Taulil language, Tok Pisin, Ura language (Papua New Guinea), Velar consonant.

  2. Baining languages
  3. Languages of East New Britain Province

Adposition

Adpositions are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, behind, ago, etc.) or mark various semantic roles (of, for).

See Qaqet language and Adposition

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

See Qaqet language and Alveolar consonant

Arthur Capell

Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).

See Qaqet language and Austronesian languages

Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

See Qaqet language and Back vowel

Baining languages

The Baining languages are a small language family spoken by the Baining people on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Baining languages are languages of East New Britain Province.

See Qaqet language and Baining languages

Butam language

Butam is a possibly extinct Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Butam language are languages of East New Britain Province.

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Central vowel

A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Qaqet language and Central vowel

Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

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Conversion (word formation)

In linguistics, conversion, also called zero derivation or null derivation, is a kind of word formation involving the creation of a word (of a new part of speech) from an existing word (of a different part of speech) without any change in form, which is to say, derivation using only zero.

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East New Britain Province

East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands.

See Qaqet language and East New Britain Province

East Papuan languages

The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands.

See Qaqet language and East Papuan languages

Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

See Qaqet language and Fricative

Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

See Qaqet language and Front vowel

Gazelle Peninsula

The Gazelle Peninsula is a large peninsula in northeastern East New Britain, Papua New Guinea located on the island of New Britain within the Bismarck Archipelago, situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

See Qaqet language and Gazelle Peninsula

Grammatical aspect

In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time.

See Qaqet language and Grammatical aspect

Grammatical case

A grammatical case is a category of nouns and noun modifiers (determiners, adjectives, participles, and numerals) that corresponds to one or more potential grammatical functions for a nominal group in a wording.

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Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a feature of nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one", "two" or "three or more").

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Grammatical particle

In grammar, the term particle (abbreviated) has a traditional meaning, as a part of speech that cannot be inflected, and a modern meaning, as a function word (functor) associated with another word or phrase in order to impart meaning.

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Grammatical tense

In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time reference.

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Inland Baining Rural LLG

Inland Baining Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) located in the Baining Mountains of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

See Qaqet language and Inland Baining Rural LLG

Kairak language

Kairak is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Kairak language are Baining languages and languages of East New Britain Province.

See Qaqet language and Kairak language

Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

See Qaqet language and Labial consonant

Lassul Baining Rural LLG

Lassul Baining Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

See Qaqet language and Lassul Baining Rural LLG

Lateral consonant

A lateral is a consonant in which the airstream proceeds along one or both of the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth.

See Qaqet language and Lateral consonant

Makolkol language

Makolkol is a possible Papuan language formerly spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Makolkol language are Baining languages and languages of East New Britain Province.

See Qaqet language and Makolkol language

Mali language

Mali or Gaktai is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Mali language are Baining languages and languages of East New Britain Province.

See Qaqet language and Mali language

Mid vowel

A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.

See Qaqet language and Mid vowel

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

See Qaqet language and Nasal consonant

New Britain

New Britain (Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.

See Qaqet language and New Britain

New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

See Qaqet language and New Guinea

Noun class

In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns.

See Qaqet language and Noun class

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

See Qaqet language and Open vowel

Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

See Qaqet language and Palatal consonant

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

See Qaqet language and Papua New Guinea

Papuan languages

The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor.

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PARADISEC

The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a digital archive of records of some of the many small cultures and languages of the world.

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Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

See Qaqet language and Plosive

Retroflex consonant

A retroflex, apico-domal, or cacuminal consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.

See Qaqet language and Retroflex consonant

Rhotic consonant

In phonetics, rhotic consonants, or "R-like" sounds, are liquid consonants that are traditionally represented orthographically by symbols derived from the Greek letter rho, including r in the Latin script and p in the Cyrillic script.

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Simbali language

Simbali is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Simbali language are Baining languages and languages of East New Britain Province.

See Qaqet language and Simbali language

Singulative number

In linguistics, singulative number and collective number (abbreviated and) are terms used when the grammatical number for multiple items is the unmarked form of a noun, and the noun is specially marked to indicate a single item.

See Qaqet language and Singulative number

Subject–verb–object word order

In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third.

See Qaqet language and Subject–verb–object word order

Taulil language

Taulil is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Taulil language are languages of East New Britain Province.

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Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin (Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh; Tok Pisin), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea.

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Ura language (Papua New Guinea)

Ura (Uramät) is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Qaqet language and Ura language (Papua New Guinea) are Baining languages and languages of East New Britain Province.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

See Qaqet language and Velar consonant

See also

Baining languages

Languages of East New Britain Province

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaqet_language

Also known as Baining language, ISO 639:byx, Qaget language, Qaqet.