Wantoat language
| Wantoat | |
|---|---|
| Taap | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (8,200 cited 1978)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wnc |
| Glottolog | want1252 |
| ELP | Wantoat |
Wantoat, named after the , is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Wapu (Leron), Central Wantoat, Bam, Yagawak (Kandomin), continuing on to Awara, though the last is only 60–70% lexically similar with Wantoat and Wapu. Major Wantoat villages are Gwabogwat, Mamabam, Matap, Ginonga, Kupung.
Phonology[]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||
| Stop | plain | p | t | k | kʷ | |
| pre. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | ||
| Fricative | plain | s | ||||
| pre. | ⁿz | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
Consonants clusters with mixed voicing occur within words:
- okᵑɡa 'your uncle', kaotⁿdu 'half', ɡeᵐbikᵐbik 'lip', temⁿzin 'they will shoot it', kapⁿza 'strong'
| i | u | |||
| e | o | |||
| ə | ||||
| æ | ||||
| ɑ |
Vowel sequences are /ie iə iɑ iu, ee eə eɑ eu, əə, ææ æə, ɑɑ ɑo ɑu, oi oə oɑ, uu/.
Syllables are minimally V and maximally CVVC. Stress is distinctive but has a low functional load.
References[]
- ^ Wantoat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ [1]
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