Native speakers 1,000 (2011) Glottolog wano1243 | ISO 639-3 wno | |
Region Highlands of Irian Jaya Language family Trans–New GuineaWest Trans–New GuineaIrian Highlands ?Dani languagesWano | ||
Wano is a Papuan language of the Indonesian New Guinea Highlands.
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Phonology
As well as the monophthongs described above, Wano also has seven diphthongs: /i̯a/, /ɛi̯/, /ai̯/, /au̯/, /ɔi̯/, /ɔu̯/, and /ui̯/.
Allophony
The voiced plosives /b/ and /d/ are imploded word-initially and intervocalically.
When a nasal occurs before /p/, /p/ becomes a prenasalized voiced plosive [ᵐb]. Similarly, when a nasal occurs before /t/ or /ɡ/, they become, respectively, [ⁿd] and [ᵑɡ].
/p/, /k/, /ɡ/, and /ɡ/'s allophone, [ᵑɡ] become labialized before /w/, with /ɡ/ becoming [ɣʷ].
The sequences /tj/ and /dj/ become the palatal fricatives /ç ʝ/.
References
Wano language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA