Kosena language

Kosena
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	(2,780 cited 2000) [1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Kosena
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kze
Glottolog	kose1239

Kosena is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Kosena ^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		( ŋ )
Stop	p	t		k g	ʔ
Tap		ɾ
Fricative	f ( β )	s
Approximant	w		j

Vowels

Vowels of Kosena ^[3]

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e ( eː )	o ( oː )
Open-Mid		ʌ ( ʌː )

Notes

1. Kosena at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Marks 1974, p. 4.
3. Marks 1974, p. 4.

References

• Marks, D (1974). "Kosena Grammar" (PDF). Summer Institute of Linguistics.