Sentani language
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| Sentani | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua, Indonesia |
| Region | Lake Sentani, Papua |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Northwest Papuan?
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | set |
| Glottolog | nucl1632 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Sentani or Buyaka is a Papuan language of Papua. It is spoken in about 30 scattered villages around Lake Sentani. Dialects are East, West, and Central (Ethnologue).
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | b | d | k | ||
| Fricative | f~ɸ | s | h | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open(-mid) | ɛ | a |
Central Sentani
[edit | edit source]Central Sentani phonology from Foley (2018):Foley's (2018) classification is:[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | p | k | |||
| Fricative | f | h | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
| Rhotic | r |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | æ | a |
Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sentani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Written materials for Sentani are available through Kaipuleohone