Yareba language
Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.
| Yareba | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea: Ijitivari and Popondetta districts |
Native speakers | (750 cited 1981)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yrb |
| Glottolog | yare1248 |
Phonology
Yareba phonology:[2]
| Consonants | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal |
| Nasal | m | n | |
| Stop | p b | t d | k g |
| Affricative | dz | ||
| Fricative | s | ||
| Glide | w | j | |
| Flap | ɾ |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ei, ui, ua, ue.[3]:87
External links
References
- Yareba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "YAREBA". web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- 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. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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