Vamale (Pamale) yare ne na Kanak na arewacin New Caledonia . Hmwaeke, wanda yake Havana a Tiéta. Ana magana da Vamale a zamanin yau a cikin Tiendanite (wanda ake kira "Usa Vamale"), We Hava, Téganpaïk da Tiouandé . An yi magana da shi a kwarin Pamale da magoya bayansa Vawe da Usa har zuwa Yaƙin mulkin mallaka na 1917, lokacin da masu magana da shi suka rasa muhallinsa.
Vamale yana da sassan sauti guda biyar, da kuma sassan sauti 35.
Duk da yake Vamale ya bambanta sautin sautin guda biyar, /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, nasality da tsawon ma suna da sauti. Kwatanta /tã/ 'kwari' da /ta/ 'kafi', /ˈfa.ti/ 'magana' da /ˈfaː.ti/'don tsayawa, don mannewa'.
Dangane da tsawon wasula, kuma a kan ma'anar ƙarshe na syllable, /e/ da /o/ za a iya samun su a buɗe: plosives da gajerun sassan suna haifar da wasula masu buɗewa (misali [tɔːt] 'ciyawa' [sɛn] 'mai guba'), yayin da sassan buɗewa, da kuma dogon da aka rufe da hanci, suna da wasula da aka rufe.
A gaba | Tsakiya | Komawa | |
---|---|---|---|
Kusa | i | u | |
Tsakanin Tsakiya | da kuma | o | |
Bude-Tsakiyar | ɛ | Owu | |
Bude | a |
Kamar yadda yake a cikin harsunan Arewacin New Caledonian, Vamale yana da wadataccen ƙamus. Bambancin da za'a iya sake ginawa tun daga Proto-Oceanic yana tsakanin hanci, rabin hanci (pre-nasalized murya plosives, watau /mb/, /nɟ/ da dai sauransu), da kuma maganganu.