Waris language

Waris
Region Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea; Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers
unknown (undated figure of 4,000)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wrs
Glottolog wari1266[2]

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

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-open æ
Open a ɒ

Diphthongs and triphthongs

Vi Vu
iV
ɛV ɛɔ ɛu
ɑV ɑi ɑɔ
ɒV ɒi
ɔV ɔi ɔɑ
uV ui

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

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stop Voiceless p t k
Prenasalised ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Nasal m n
Fricative Voiceless s x
Voiced β
Trill r
Lateral approximant l
Approximant w j

References

  1. Waris at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Waris". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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