Nagovisi language
Nagovisi, or Sibe, is a South Bougainville language spoken in the mountains of southern Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.
Morphology
Nagovisi makes use of noun class suffixes, which are:| Noun class suffix | Noun class semantics | Example | Gloss of example |
| -bore | round things, including balls, coins, coconuts, fruit, betelnut, cooking pots, garamut drums | moo a-bore-ka' | ‘that coconut’ |
| -mai | dogs, cats, horses, knives, forks, spoons, axes and other tools | moska a-mai-ka' | ‘that dog’ |
| -möö | people, birds, fish, small animals, insects, reptiles | kokoree' a-möö-ka' | ‘that chicken’ |
| -visi | houses, buildings, canoes, ships, cars | pawa a-visi-ga' | ‘that house’ |
| -woro' | pigs, cows | pooro' a-woro-ka' | ‘that pig’ |