Harshen Lemerig

Lemerig harshen Oceanic ne da ake magana akan Vanua Lava, a cikin Vanuatu.

Lemerig ba a ƙara magana. Sauran masu magana guda 2 suna zaune a bakin tekun arewacin tsibirin. Harshen ya ja baya yana goyon bayan maƙwabtansa Mwotlap da Vera'a

Suna

Sunan Lemerig [lemeriɣ] yana nufin ƙauyen da aka watsar a yanzu a arewacin Vanua Lava a cikin Mota, daidai da sunan ɗan asalin Lēmērig ([lɪmɪˈriɣ]). Sunanta a cikin Mwotlap Lemyig [lɛmˈjiɣ]. Ya fito daga Proto-Torres-Banks *lemeriɣi, inda mai yiwuwa bangaren *riɣi yana nufin "karamin".

Yaruka

A wasu lokuta ana magana da Lemerig ta amfani da sunayen ire-irensa: Päk; Sasar; Alo-Tekel.

Yin la'akari da jerin kalmomi da mishan kuma masanin harshe Robert Codrington ya buga, waɗannan nau'ikan guda uku sun kasance kusa da juna sosai. Ƙananan bambance-bambancen da ke wurin sun ƙare a cikin ƙarni na 20.

Fassarar Sauti

Lemerig yana da wasulan sauti guda 11. Waɗannan duk gajeru ne monophthongs /i ɪ ɛ æ a œ ø ɒ̝ ɔ ʊ u/. Wasula Lemerig

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Nahawu

Tsarin karin magana na sirri a cikin Lemerig ya bambanta haɗaka, kuma yana bambanta lambobi huɗu (masu ɗaya, biyu, gwaji, da jam'i).

Bayanin sararin samaniya a cikin Lemerig ya dogara ne akan tsarin jagororin geocentric (cikakkiyar), wanda a wani yanki ne na harsunan Oceanic, a wani bangare na sabbin abubuwa.