ISO 639-3 bzh | 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(Text) CC BY-SA