One language

One (also known as Onele and Aunalei)^[2] is a Torricelli dialect cluster of West Wapei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.^[3]

One
Aunalei
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province
Native speakers	(4,500 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Torricelli One One
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: onr – Northern oin – Inebu aun – Molmo onk – Kabore okk – Kwamtim osu – Southern
Linguist List	qaz One
Glottolog	onee1245
ELP	One

Languages

Glottolog 4.0 lists the following One varieties as separate languages:

• Southern One
• Kwamtim One
• Central-Northern One
  • Inebu
  • Kabore
  • Molmo
  • Northern One

A detailed dialectology of One is described in Crowther (2001).^[4]

The One dialects are spoken in the following villages and wards of West Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.^[3][5]

• Kwamtim One is spoken in Kwamtum (3.447311°S 141.909351°E / -3.447311; 141.909351 (Kwamtum)) and Kwatim (3.45713°S 141.907889°E / -3.45713; 141.907889 (Kwatim)) villages.
• Inebu One is spoken in Inebu ward (3.381711°S 141.936°E / -3.381711; 141.936 (Inebu)).
• Kabore One is spoken in Kabore ward (3.314106°S 141.840799°E / -3.314106; 141.840799 (Kabore 1)).
• Molmo One is spoken in Molmo ward (3.362595°S 141.855041°E / -3.362595; 141.855041 (Molmo)).

Phonology

Molmo One consonants are:^[6]

m	n
p	t	k
f	s
w	l	j
	r

Molmo One vowels are:^[6]

i	ɨ	u
e		o
ɛ	a	ɔ

Pronouns

Molmo One pronouns:^[6]: 334

	sg	du	pl
1incl		mimpla ~ fimpla	mine
1excl	i	mumpla ~ fumpla	mo
2	(y)ine ~ yo	pimpla	pine ~ po
3	wine ~ wo	numpla	nine ~ no

Nouns

Molmo One nominal plural formatives include:^[6]

gloss	singular	plural
‘woman’	pino	pini
‘wife’	puli	pulpi
‘flower’	sula	sulu
‘lizard’	saunina	saune
‘mosquito’	unkun	unkle
‘thorn’	neni	nenine

Further reading

• Donohue, Mark P. n.d. Lexical categories, complexity and the configurationality split in One. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Linguistics, Monash University.