Waris language

Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla, Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, as well as about 1,500 across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua.

Phonology

Vowels

Monophthongs

Diphthongs and triphthongs

There are two triphthongs, /ɔɑi/ and /uɛu/.

Consonants

References

• Brown, Robert (1981). "Semantic aspects of some Waris predications". In Karl J. Franklin. Syntax and semantics in Papua New Guinea languages. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 93–123. 
• Brown, Robert (1988). "Waris case system and verb classification". Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 19: 37–80. 
• Brown, Robert; Honoratus Wai (1986). Diksenari: Walsana moa Pisinna moa Englisna moa (A short dictionary of the Walsa [Waris] language, Tok Pisin and English). Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 

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