Tabla language

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This article is about the "Tanah Merah" language spoken on Tanahmerah Bay on the northern coast of Papua. For the "Tanah Merah" language spoken on Bomberai Peninsula on the western coast of Papua, see Sumeri language.
Tabla
Tanah Merah
Native toIndonesia
RegionJayapura Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(3,800 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tnm
Glottologtabl1243
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Tabla (one of two Papuan languages also known as Tanah Merah) is spoken by the Tabla people on the coast of Tanahmerah Bay, close to Jayapura, in northern Papua (Indonesia). It is spoken in Bukia, Depapre, and Wari towns, and 13 villages on north coast. Dialects are Yokari, Tepera, and Yewena-Yongsu.[2]

Phonology

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Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Velar
Nasal m n
Stop voiceless p t k
voiced b d
Fricative s
Approximant w j
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Back a

References

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  1. ^ Tabla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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