Sanio language
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| Sanio | |
|---|---|
| Hiowe | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | (1,300 cited 2000 census)[1] |
Sepik
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sny |
| Glottolog | sani1270 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Sanio, or more precisely Saniyo-Hiyewe, is a Sepik language of Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG in East Sepik Province, northern Papua New Guinea. It is also spoken in Telefomin Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1]
Dialects
[edit | edit source]- Hiyowe dialect, spoken in Maposi village (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG
- Saniyo dialect, spoken in Hanasi (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Malapute’e (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), Pukapuki, Salunapi (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), and Sio (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) villages of Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG
Phonology
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | |
| Fricative | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | s | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | w | r | j |
- /r/ has the allophone [l] word-initially, which is written with the separate character ⟨l⟩.
- /ʔ/ only appears intervocalically.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid-high | e ⟨ei⟩ | o | |
| Mid-low | ɛ ⟨e⟩ | ||
| Low | a |
- /ɛ/ is pronounced [ei] before /j/. In this case it is written as ⟨ei⟩.
Additionally, the following diphthongs can be found: /ai/, /au/, /ou/.
