Yopno language
Finisterre language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Yopno | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang, Morobe Provinces |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2010)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yut |
Glottolog | yopn1238 |
Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography.[2]
Phonology
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | ||
voiced | b | d̪ | g | |||
Fricative | s | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Approximant | l̪ | j |
References
Further reading
- Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF).
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