Sungwadaga language

Sungwadaga or Central Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu.

Sungwadaga
Central Maewo, Peterara
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Maewo
Native speakers	1,400 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Sungwadaga
Dialects	Lotora Tanoriki Peterara ? Arata ? Bangoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mwo
Glottolog	cent2058
Sungwadaga is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Names

Alternate names for Sungwadaga include Central Maewo, Maevo and Tanoriki.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial- velar	Labial	Alveolar	Velar
Plosive	voiceless			t
	prenasal	ᵑɡʷ	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Nasal		ŋʷ	m	n	ŋ
Fricative		xʷ	f	s	x
Rhotic				r
Lateral				l
Approximant		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

^[3]