| Yareba | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts |
| Native speakers | (1,200 cited 2000) |
| Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yrb |
| Glottolog | yare1248 |
Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Yareba has 15 phonemic consonants and 5 monophthongs.
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Stop | Voiceless | t | k | |
| Voiced | b | d | g | |
| Affricate | dz | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ||
| Glide | w | j | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | |
| Open | ä |
- /t/ and /k/ are aspirated.
- /dz/ can be pronounced [dz], [dʒ], and [z].
- /ɾ/ can be pronounced [ɾ] or [ɺ].
- /w/ is [β] next to /i/ and /e/, [w] between [a] and , and [v] elsewhere.
Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ui, ua, ue.
External links
References
- Yareba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Weimer, Harry; Weimer, Natalia (1972). "Yareba phonemes". Te Reo. 15: 52–57.
- 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.
| Southeast Papuan languages | |
|---|---|
| Koiarian | |
| Kwalean | |
| Manubaran | |
| Yareban | |
| Mailuan | |
| Dagan | |
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