Yareba language explained
| Yareba |
| Region: | Papua New Guinea Ijitivari and Popondetta districts
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| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Yareban |
| Fam3: | Nawaru–Yareba |
| Iso3: | yrb |
| Glotto: | yare1248 |
| Glottorefname: | Yareba |
Yareba, or Middle Musa, is a language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Yareba has 15 phonemic consonants and 5 monophthongs.[1]
!Labial!Coronal!Dorsal| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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| Stop | Voiceless | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Affricate | | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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| Glide | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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| Flap | | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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- pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ are aspirated.[1]
- pronounced as /link/ can be pronounced pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/, and pronounced as /link/.[1]
- pronounced as /link/ can be pronounced pronounced as /link/ or pronounced as /link/.[1]
- pronounced as /link/ is pronounced as /link/ next to pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ between pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /[ai]/, and pronounced as /link/ elsewhere.[1]
Yareba allows for the diphthongs ai, au, oi, ou, ei, ui, ua, ue.[2]
External links
- Paradisec has the Tom Dutton collection (TD1) that includes Yareba language materials.
Notes and References
- Weimer . Harry . Weimer . Natalia . 1972 . Yareba phonemes . Te Reo . 15 . 52–57 .
- Book: Pawley . Andrew . Hammarström . Harald . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Trans New Guinea family . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 21–196 . 978-3-11-028642-7 . 20.500.12657/23719 . free.
