Motlav
[également appelé Motalava, Mwotlap, Mwotlav]Classification : Austronesian
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This dissertation examines two phonological properties of Mwotlap (also known as Motlav), a minority language of Mota Lava, Vanuatu. Phonetic analysis software (Praat) is used to analyse native speaker data, with a goal of describing the underlying properties of two phenomena: triple-articulated consonants and [ATR]-alternating vowels, both rare within the Oceanic language family as a whole. Possible origins for these phenomena are also discussed.