Sissano language

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Sissano
Region West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
300 (2000) [1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sso
Glottolog siss1243
ELP Sissano
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Sissano is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. [2] 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami wiped out most of the population. [1]

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
High iu
Mid e(ə)o
Low a

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced ( b )( d )( g )
Fricative voiceless s
voiced β ( ɣ )
Approximant central j
lateral l ʎ
Rhotic r

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References

  1. 1 2 Sissano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.