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Mapos Buang language

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Native to
  
ISO 639-3
  
bzh

Region
  
Glottolog
  
mapo1242

Native speakers
  
10,500 (2000)30% monolingual (2000?)

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicWestern OceanicNorth New Guinea ?Ngero–Vitiaz ?Huon GulfSouth Huon GulfHote–BuangBuangMapos

Mapos Buang, also known as Mapos or Central Buang, is an Oceanic language in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Vowels

* [ə] is a prominent feature of Buang phonology, but is not contrastive.

Consonants

*/w/ is a bilabial semivowel with no co-articulated velar component. It is placed in the labio-velar series of the chart as it fills a gap in this position. /β/ is a voiced bilabial fricative.

References

Mapos Buang language Wikipedia


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