Puragi | |
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Iwaro | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Bird's Head Peninsula |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1991) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
pru |
Glottolog |
pura1253 |
Puragi, or Iwaro, is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken in Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua.
Locations within Sorong Selatan Regency: [2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | ɟ | k g | ʔ |
Fricative | v | ɕ | |||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Approximant | w | r | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid-high | e | o | |
Mid-low | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
Low | a |