Yareba language
Yareba | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts |
Native speakers | (750 cited 1981)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yrb |
Glottolog | yare1248 |
Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology[]
Yareba phonology:[2]
Consonants | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal |
Nasal | m | n | |
Stop | p b | t d | k g |
Affricative | dz | ||
Fricative | s | ||
Glide | w | j | |
Flap | ɾ |
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | a |
Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ei, ui, ua, ue.[3]: 87
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Yareba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "YAREBA". web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Categories:
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- Yareban languages
- Papuan language stubs