Harshen Nafsan

 Harshen Nafsan, wanda kuma aka fi sani da South Efate ko Erakor, yaren Kudancin teku ne da ake magana da shi a tsibirin Efate a tsakiyar Vanuatu . As of 2005 </link></link> , akwai kusan masu magana 6,000 da ke zaune a kauyukan bakin teku daga Pango zuwa Eton. Nick Thieberger ya yi nazarin nahawun harshen, wanda ya samar da littafin labarai da ƙamus na harshen.

Fassarar sauti

Nafsan tana da jimillar wayoyi guda 20 masu dauke da bak'i 15 da kuma sautunan wasali 5.

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Labiovelar
Nasal	m ⟨ m ⟩	n ⟨ n ⟩	ŋ ⟨ g ⟩	ŋ͡m ⟨ m̃ ⟩
Tsaya	p ⟨ p ⟩	t ⟨ t ⟩	k ⟨ ⟩	k͡p ⟨ p̃ ⟩
Ƙarfafawa	f ⟨ f ⟩	s ⟨ s ⟩
Kusanci		l ⟨ l ⟩	j ⟨ y ⟩	w ⟨ w ⟩
Trill		r ⟨ r ⟩
		nᵈr ⟨ nr ⟩

Wasula

	Gaba	Baya
Babban	i ⟨ i ⟩	u ⟨ ⟩
Tsakar	e ⟨ e ⟩	o ⟨ ⟩
Ƙananan	a ⟨ a ⟩

Kamar yadda aka gani a wannan jadawali na sama, lissafin wayan wasali na Nafsan na tsarin wasali biyar ne; wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan ƙirƙirar wasalin da aka fi gani a kowane harshe a duniya kuma musamman ma a bayyane yake a yawancin harsunan Tekun . Akwai bambanci tsakanin gajere da dogayen wasali amma a halin yanzu yana cikin wani tsari na sauyi wanda ba a bayyana matsayinsa ba.

Degemination

A cikin Nafsan, ya zama kamar baƙaƙe guda biyu masu kama da juna waɗanda ke faruwa a cikin furci suna yin wani tsari na ƙasƙanci don tabbatar da su azaman baƙaƙe ɗaya. A cikin (1), baƙaƙe guda biyu masu kama da juna /n/ suna haifar da haɗe-haɗe da maƙallan sauti na nuni ne 'wannan' zuwa kalmar da ta gabata nawen ne [nawene] 'wannan yashi'.