Waris language
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| Waris | |
|---|---|
| Region | Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea; Papua province, Indonesia |
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Native speakers
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unknown (undated figure of 4,000)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrs |
| Glottolog | wari1266[2] |
Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla, Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, as well as about 1,500 across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Contents
Phonology
Vowels
Monophthongs
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ||
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Near-open | æ | ||
| Open | a | ɒ |
Diphthongs and triphthongs
| Vi | Vɛ | Vɑ | Vɒ | Vɔ | Vu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iV | iɑ | |||||
| ɛV | ɛɔ | ɛu | ||||
| ɑV | ɑi | ɑɔ | ||||
| ɒV | ɒi | |||||
| ɔV | ɔi | ɔɑ | ||||
| uV | ui | uɛ | uɑ | uɒ |
There are two triphthongs, /ɔɑi/ and /uɛu/.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | p | t | k | |
| Prenasalised | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | x | ||
| Voiced | β | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||
References
- ↑ Waris at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
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