Waima language
Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Waima | |
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Region | Eastern New Guinea |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rro |
Glottolog | waim1251 |
The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.[2]
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ||
Plosive | p | t tʲ | k | ʔ |
Fricative | β | h | ||
Rhotic | ɾ | |||
Approximant | w |
/n/ can be palatalized as [ɲ] when before vowel sequences /ao, au/.[3]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
References
- ^ Waima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Waima".
- ^ Kim, Namsoo & Duckshin (1998). Waima grammar essentials. Ukarumpa: SIL.
External links
- Waima Grammar Essentials
- Waima Organized Phonology Data
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Papuan Tip
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Bwaidoga | |
Dobu–Duau | |
Kakabai | |
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Taupota | |
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Sinagoro–Keapara | |
West Central |
Papuan Tip
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Nimoa–Sudest |
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