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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' /nuaplɨ/ is one of the few indigenous Angai North American languages to retain many speakers post-contact.
'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' /nuəplɨ/ is one of the few indigenous Angai North American languages to retain many speakers post-contact.


Originally animistic, the Nuaplw at first convert to Sfipsurtop, but after the Āínkiīaánịạkàì-Sfipsurtop war they become largely irreligious.
Originally animistic, the Nuaplw at first convert to Sfipsurtop, but after the Āínkiīaánịạkàì-Sfipsurtop war they become largely irreligious.

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Nuaplw /nuəplɨ/ is one of the few indigenous Angai North American languages to retain many speakers post-contact.

Originally animistic, the Nuaplw at first convert to Sfipsurtop, but after the Āínkiīaánịạkàì-Sfipsurtop war they become largely irreligious.

Lexicon

  • kaka (n) 'crow'

Phonology

A Hmong-inspired phonology:

m n ny l y p pl t tl tx ts r c k q np npl nt ntl ntx nts nr nc nk nq f x s xy h

i w u e a o ee aa oo ia ua ai aw au

Loan phonemes from Fursfop: ii uu i' u' e' o' (glottalized vowels) z (retroflex approximant or trill)

Xi'swto' 'Sfipsurtop'

Grammar

Head-marking