Yareba language

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Yareba
Region Papua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts
Native speakers
1,200 (2000) [1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yrb
Glottolog yare1248

Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.

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Phonology

Yareba has 15 phonemic consonants and 5 monophthongs. [2]

Consonants
LabialCoronalDorsal
Nasal m n
StopVoiceless t k
Voiced b d g
Affricate dz
Fricative ɸ s
Glide w j
Flap ɾ
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid
Open ä

Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ui, ua, ue. [3] :87

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References

  1. Yareba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Weimer, Harry; Weimer, Natalia (1972). "Yareba phonemes". Te Reo. 15: 52–57.
  3. Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". 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. 21–196. hdl: 20.500.12657/23719 . ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.