| Wano | |
|---|---|
| Region | Central Papua |
| Ethnicity | Wano |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2011) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wno |
| Glottolog |
wano1243 |
| ELP | Wano |
Wano is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Central Papua.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k | ʔ | |
| Fricative | β | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Close | a | |
As well as the monophthongs described above, Wano also has seven diphthongs: /i̯a/, /ɛi̯/, /ai̯/, /au̯/, /ɔi̯/, /ɔu̯/, and /ui̯/. [2]
Allophony
The voiced
plosives /
b/ and /
d/ are
imploded word-initially and
intervocalically.
[2]
When a nasal occurs before /
p/, /
p/ becomes a
prenasalized voiced plosive [ᵐb]. Similarly, when a nasal occurs before /
t/ or /
k/, they become, respectively, [ⁿd] and [ᵑɡ].
[2]
/
p/, /
k/, /
ɡ/, and /
ɡ/'s
allophone, [ᵑɡ] become labialized before /
w/, with /
ɡ/ becoming [
ɣʷ].
[2]
The
sequences /tj/ and /dj/ become the palatal fricatives /
ç
ʝ/.
[2]
Grammar
Nouns
Inalienable nouns could be pluralized by suffixing -i (after consonants) or -vi (after vowels), while alienable nouns do not (similar to Indonesian, where pluralization is optional). [3] The inalienable plurals can be postposed with numerals (aburi kena "her two children").
See also
References
- ^ Wano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g Burung, Willem (2007). The Phonology of Wano (PDF). SIL International.
- ^ Burung, Willem (2016). A grammar of Wano (PhD thesis). University of Oxford.