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Papuan language spoken in Indonesia
Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | b | d | k | ||
Fricative | f~ɸ | s | h | ||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open(-mid) | ɛ | a |
Central Sentani
Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | p | k | |||
Fricative | f | h | |||
Approximant | w | l | j | ||
Rhotic | r |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | æ | a |
Citations
- ^ Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
References
- Cowan, H. K. J. (1965). Grammar of the Sentani Language (PDF). ’s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff.
External links
- Written materials for Sentani are available through Kaipuleohone
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