Wano language
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| Wano | |
|---|---|
| Region | Highlands of Irian Jaya |
|
Native speakers
|
1,000 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wno |
| Glottolog | wano1243[2] |
Wano is a Papuan language of the Indonesian New Guinea Highlands.
Contents
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k | ʔ | |
| Fricative | β | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Close | a | |
As well as the monophthongs described above, Wano also has seven diphthongs: /i̯a/, /ɛi̯/, /ai̯/, /au̯/, /ɔi̯/, /ɔu̯/, and /ui̯/.[3]
Allophony
The voiced plosives /b/ and /d/ are imploded word-initially and intervocalically.[3]
When a nasal occurs before /p/, /p/ becomes a prenasalized voiced plosive [ᵐb]. Similarly, when a nasal occurs before /t/ or /ɡ/, they become, respectively, [ⁿd] and [ᵑɡ].[3]
/p/, /k/, /ɡ/, and /ɡ/'s allophone, [ᵑɡ] become labialized before /w/, with /ɡ/ becoming [ɣʷ].[3]
The sequences /tj/ and /dj/ become the palatal fricatives /ç ʝ/.[3]
See also
References
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